Object
An object is a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that is governed by a verb or apreposition, which means it comes straight after the verb and shows what the verbis acting upon.
Don’t worry, it’s simpler than it sounds.
‘Eileen loves her garden.’ ‘Garden’ is a direct object. It is the thing the verb actsupon. Question: what does Eileen love? ‘Love’ is the verb. Answer: her garden.‘Garden’ is the object. ‘Eileen hates the weeds.’
What’s the verb? ‘Hates’. What’s thedirect object? Come on, you know it. ‘Weeds’.
Now, there can be more than one object in a sentence. ‘She gives her plants water,fertiliser and lots of love.’ In this sentence, ‘water’, ‘fertiliser’ and ‘lots oflove’ are direct objects. They are what she gives. ‘Gives’ is the verb.
‘Over the years, some plants have grown large.’ This one is very large indeed, in fact,Eileen doesn’t remember ever planting this one. So that’s food for thought.
An object is a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that is governed by a verb or a preposition,as in ‘The plant ate Eileen.’ Eileen is the object. She is the one who was eaten. Luckilyfor Eileen, she isn’t that tasty, the plant spits her out. What a lucky object she is.
Video summary
Part of a series of animated films following a cast of characters’ adventures and mishaps as they get to grips with grammatical terms.
In this film, Evil Eileen takes an interesting walk through her garden and learns about the object of a sentence.
The pace is quick and tone is slapstick & irreverent.
This clip is from the series Grammar for 11-14 year olds.
Teacher Notes
This could be used for identification exercises. Students identify subject and object within a series of sentences.
Useful as a starter to lessons that focus on grammar for writing.
This clip is useful for teaching English at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 and the equivalent in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
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