1.D

2.C and A
3.canoe
4.D
5.B and E

2.Which words in the sentence are the direct objects?

The woman grows tomatoes and cucumbers in her garden.

Choose all answers that are correct.


A.tomatoes

B.woman

C.cucumbers

D.garden

E.grows


3.Which word in the sentence is the direct object?

The boys paddled the canoe across the lake.


A.across

B.canoe

C.lake

D.boys

4.Which word in the sentence is the direct object?
She heard it on the early morning news.


A.heard

B.morning

C.it

D.news

5.Which words in the sentence are the direct objects?

Into the punch bowl she poured soda and sherbet.

Choose all answers that are correct.



A.punch

B.soda

C.bow

D.she

E.sherbet

1.D - ?

2.C and A - Yes

3.canoe - Yes

4.D - No. News is in a prepositional phrase and cannot be a direct object.

5.B and E - Yes

can you help with 4?

The easiest way is to put parentheses around the prepositional phrases. Subjects, verbs, and complements can never be in a prepositional phrase.

She heard it (on the early morning news.)

That leaves "she heard it."

To determine the direct objects in each sentence, we need to identify the verb and then ask "what" or "whom" is being directly affected by the verb. Here is the breakdown for each question:

2. In the sentence "The woman grows tomatoes and cucumbers in her garden," the verb is "grows." The direct objects are the things being grown, which are "tomatoes" and "cucumbers." Therefore, the correct answers are A (tomatoes) and C (cucumbers).

3. In the sentence "The boys paddled the canoe across the lake," the verb is "paddled." The direct object is what the boys are paddling, which is "the canoe." Therefore, the correct answer is B (canoe).

4. In the sentence "She heard it on the early morning news," the verb is "heard." The direct object is what she heard, which is "it." Therefore, the correct answer is C (it).

5. In the sentence "Into the punch bowl she poured soda and sherbet," the verb is "poured." The direct objects are what is being poured into the punch bowl, which are "soda" and "sherbet." Therefore, the correct answers are B (soda) and E (sherbet).