Which of the following statements is true regarding sentence components?
A. Every sentence must have an object.
B. The object can be a noun or a verb.
C. Often the subject will act upon the object.
D. The predicate can be a noun or a verb.
Which of the following represents a list of common nouns?
To determine which statement is true regarding sentence components, let's examine each option:
A. Every sentence must have an object.
This statement is not true. While many sentences do have objects, not every sentence requires one. Intransitive verbs, for example, do not take objects.
B. The object can be a noun or a verb.
This statement is not true. The object of a sentence is a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. Verbs themselves cannot be objects.
C. Often the subject will act upon the object.
This statement is true. In many sentences, the subject (which is typically a noun or pronoun) performs an action upon the object. For example, in the sentence "The dog chased the ball," the subject "dog" performs the action of "chasing" onto the object "ball."
D. The predicate can be a noun or a verb.
This statement is true. The predicate of a sentence includes the verb and all the words that come after it. The predicate can contain a verb, as well as additional words such as adjectives, adverbs, and objects. It can also consist solely of a verb alone.
Therefore, the correct statement is C. Often the subject will act upon the object.