Question

Identify the direct object.

The object of the game in soccer is to get the ball into the goal.

(1 point)
Responses

object
object

soccer
soccer

goal
goal

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Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

ball

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The direct object in the sentence is "ball."

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

The direct object is the noun or noun phrase that directly receives the action of the verb. In this sentence, the verb is "to get" and the direct object is "the ball." To identify the direct object, you can ask the question "What is being gotten?" The answer in this case is "the ball," so "the ball" is the direct object. Therefore, the correct answer is "ball."