Nouns Part 2

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Nouns in different positions in the sentence:

    1.1. The noun as subject.

    1.2. The noun as object.

    1.3 The noun is the object of the prepositional phrase.


    1.1. The noun as subject.

A nouns is used as the subject of a sentence.

Ex. 

a. Birds fly.

"Birds" is a noun. It is the subject of the sentence.


b. Karl is holding a pen.

"Karl" is the noun and it is the subject of the sentence.



  1.2. The noun as object.

Nouns that received the action of the subject.
The subject does the action. Action happens to the object. We use a noun for both the subject and the object in a sentence.


An object can be a single-word noun (e.g., dog, goldfish, man), a pronoun (e.g., her, it, him), a noun phrase (e.g., the doggy in window, to eat our goldfish, a man about town).

An object in a sentence is always a noun. An object in a sentence does nothing. The action happens to the object.

Ex. 

Bob drives a truck.

She gave a gift.

We need a bigger boat.



   1.3 The noun is the object of the prepositional phrase.

What is a preposition?


Prepositions tell us where or when something is in relation to something else.

Ex. 

"When monsters are approaching, it’s good to have these special words to tell us where those monsters are. Are they behind us or in front of us? Will they be arriving in three seconds or at midnight?"

  • Direct object

it receives the verb's action. For example:

·         Lee eats cakes.

  • The seagull pecked the shark's fin.
  • The students pay attention.

·         Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids! Eat them! (Homer Simpson)

You can ask “what?” and “whom?”

 

  • Indirect object

The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object. In other words, it is the noun that receives the direct object itself.

 

Paula passed Simmons the ball.

·         Sarah gave John an apple.

  • The vicar told us a fable.
  • Bob read Mary a story.

An indirect object sits between the verb and the direct object.

 

Indirect objects can only be used in sentences with direct objects.

 

Paula passed Simmons the ball.

You can find an indirect object by asking yourself “who or what is receiving the direct object?” In the example sentence above, who is receiving the ball? Simmons gets the ball in the pass, so Simmons is the indirect object. 

 

Subject Pronoun                                                                  Object Pronoun

I

me

you

you

he/she/they/it

him/her/them/it

we

us

you (plural)

you (plural)

they

them

you

You

 

 

is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition in a prepositional phrase.

The object of the prepositional phrase.

It is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition in a prepositional phrase. in other words, The noun (or pronoun) governed by a preposition 

  • They sit with the teachers.
  • Tony lives near me.
  • Lee lives near Brighton.
  • He lives among us.

Examples of prepositional phrases:

 

Preposition                Object of Preposition

 

under    >                       the sea

beneath >                     the waves

for     >                           every girl and boy

with   >                          me


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