LANGUAGE 6

½ LENGTHWISE
Answer the activity in preparation for our upcoming
lesson, the Sentence Pattern.

Identify the underlined part of speech.

Write the letter of your answer.
1. Would you donate a
month’s salary to our cause?
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
2. Kathy buried her money in
the yard.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
3. The students watched a
video about the Civil Rights
Movement.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
4. Will Steve present the team
leader a list of instructions?
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
5. We heard that the new
director is a scientist from
Argentina.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
6. The clue did not help the
contestants with the puzzle.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
7. Katie gave her daughter
money for lunch.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
8. You will find the spices in
the stove under the sink.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
9. The dog that Dennis gave
his brother is a beagle.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
10. The announcement said
that Ellen would be the new
director of the department.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
11. Grace called to the girl
who lives across the street.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
12. Bruce is often mistaken
for the actor John Malkovich.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
13. Does Heather offer the
customers ideas for how to
solve the problems they face?
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
14. After waiting for Tom for
an hour, Trishia decided to go
to the movie alone.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
15. The deputy wrestled the
criminal to the ground.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
16. Karen left the house
without her watch or keys.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
17. The man who got arrested
last week is the coach of the
hockey team.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
18. Rich became the latest
casualty of the slow economy.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
19. Altoids, a curiously strong
peppermint, are made in
England.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition
20. Some of the contestants
used tactics that seemed
unethical.
a. direct object       b. predicate nominative      
c. indirect object       d. object of the preposition