The object
You learn to find the object: who or what the verb is done to.
How to do the test
- Find the verb and the subject.
- Ask who or what the subject does the verb to.
- The answer is the object.
Tap the object. Our dog chased the cat.
- Find the subject and the verb: our dog chased.
- Ask who or what our dog chased: the cat.
- The object receives the action of the verb.
- The cat is the object.
More examples
Tap the object. The children painted a big picture.
- Find the subject and the verb: the children painted.
- Ask who or what the children painted: a big picture.
- The object receives the action of the verb.
- A big picture is the object.
Tap the object. Yesterday, we watched a funny film.
- Find the subject and the verb: we watched.
- Ask who or what we watched: a funny film.
- The object receives the action of the verb.
- A funny film is the object.