In sentence 5, the underlined word is a/an ______.
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.
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Responses
subject
subject
predicate
predicate
direct object
direct object
indirect object
The underlined word in sentence 5 is a subject.
The underlined word in sentence 5 is a subject.
In sentence 5, the underlined word is a direct object.
To determine the function of a word in a sentence, you can follow these steps:
1. Identify the main verb in the sentence. In this case, the main verb is "given."
2. Ask the question "What?" or "Whom?" after the verb. In this case, you would ask "Given what?" The answer is "him."
3. The word "him" is the direct object because it receives the action of the verb.
Therefore, in sentence 5, the underlined word "him" is a direct object.