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Which word in the sentence is a direct object? . . . The adult hippopotamus drinks 50 gallons of water each day.. . A.. gallons. . B.. hippopotamus. . C.. day

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A direct object is a word or words that receives the action of the transitive verb. A direct object is usually a noun and it answers the question "what?" in the sentence. The word in the given sentence above that is a direct object is, gallons. The correct answer is option A. The noun "gallons" receives the action of the word "drinks".
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