Parts of the Sentence

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Parts of the Sentence
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Simple subject and verb

• Homework stinks.
• Subject The noun, or word group acting as a noun,
  that performs the action expressed in the
  predicate of a sentence or clause.
• Predicate The part within a given clause or
  sentence other than the subject and its modifiers

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• Boring homework stinks.
• Complicated homework really stinks.

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• Object A noun, pronoun, word, or word group
  acting as a noun that receives the action of a
  verb or is influenced by a transitive verb,
  verbal (a word derived from a verb, i.e., gerund,
  infinitive, and participle), or a preposition.

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Objects

• Direct objects Receive the action of a verb or
  verbal and frequently follow it.
• Indirect objects Tell for whom, to whom, or to
  what something is given.
• Objects of Prepositions Follow prepositions and
  are linked by them to the rest of the sentence.

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Direct Object

• Eli threw the football.

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Indirect Object

• Eli threw Steve Smith the football.
• So what is the direct object of the sentence?

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Object of the Preposition

• Eli threw the football into the endzone.

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• Difficult homework assignments like Grammar for
  Rhetoric deserve extra attention. (direct object)
• Getting an A on my grammar homework gives me
  (indirect object) a sense of accomplishment
• You should do the homework for your teacher.
  (object of the preposition)