Read the following sentences.
1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 2, the underlined word is a(n)
(1 point)
Responses
subject.
predicate.
direct object.
indirect object.
The underlined word in sentence 2, "president", is a subject.
In sentence 2, the underlined word "elected" is a predicate.
To answer this question, you will need to look at sentence 2 and identify the underlined word. Sentence 2 says, "In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president." The underlined word in this sentence is "president."
Now, to determine what part of speech "president" is in this sentence, you need to consider its function. In sentence 2, "president" is the one being elected, the person who holds the position of power. This means that "president" is the direct object.
Therefore, the correct answer is: direct object.