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 5, the underlined word is a/an
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Responses
subject.
predicate.
direct object.
indirect object.
The underlined word in sentence 5 is a subject.
In sentence 5, the underlined word "him" is a direct object.
To answer this question, we need to identify the underlined word in sentence 5. Let's take a look at the passage:
(5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
The underlined word in this sentence is "him." Now, let's determine its function in the sentence.
In this context, "him" refers to Franklin Roosevelt, as mentioned in previous sentences. The sentence states that many citizens would have given "him" their vote again.
Based on the options provided: subject, predicate, direct object, and indirect object, we can determine that the underlined word "him" is functioning as the indirect object in sentence 5.