5.4: Direct Object Nouns and Pronouns
Across
- 2. words such as me, him, us and them, which are used instead of the noun to stand in for the person or thing most directly affected by the action expressed by the verb.
- 5. a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
- 6. (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing.
- 7. a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.
- 9. a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
Down
- 1. a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that represents the person or thing toward which the action of a verb is directed or to which a preposition relates: In the sentence, "Give the book to me," "book" is the direct object of the verb "give," and "me" is the indirect object. object. verb.
- 3. a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse.
- 4. (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two.
- 5. language spoken in Spain and in much of Central and South America (except Brazil) and several other countries. It is the second most widely spoken first language in the world, with more than 400 million speakers.
- 8. a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.