Question

1) During the 1800s, many people in the U.S. moved to the West. (2) In the 1840s, people settled in the Oregon Territory. (3) The search for gold and silver attracted miners to California in 1849. (4) Homesteaders flocked to the Great Plains in the 1870s.

Which sentence contains a direct object?


3

1

4

2

Answer 1

I think it’s 3, it’s the only one that actually goes along with what a “direct object” is in ELAR.

In case you’d like to write this down for future use:

In a sentence, the direct object is the noun or noun phrase that’s receiving the action of the verb. (**The basic construction works like this: Subject + Verb + who or what**)

Hope this helps