A)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
In sentence 4, the underlined word is ______.
(1 point)
a predicate
a direct object
an indirect object
none of the above
none of the above
In sentence 4, the underlined word "elected" is a predicate.
To determine the underlined word in sentence 4, we need to understand the grammatical function it serves. In this sentence, the underlined word is "elected." To identify its grammatical function, we can examine the structure of the sentence.
Sentence 4: "Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office."
In this sentence, "was elected" is the verb phrase that describes the action being performed. Specifically, "elected" is the main verb, and it functions as the predicate in the sentence.
Therefore, the correct answer is: a predicate.