Some Basic Parts of a Sentence

Every complete sentence needs a subject and a predicate (verb). 



A sentence can have more than one subject 
and/or more than one verb.  
("Plural" means more than one.)






A sentence can also contain a direct object.  
A direct object is the thing that is being acted upon by the subject - it receives the action of the verb. 

There can also be an indirect object. 

The indirect object is the noun or pronoun that receives the direct object.

Typically, an indirect object precedes the direct object and can be found by asking who or what received the direct object.

Definition: A direct object is a noun or a pronoun that the verb in the sentence does something to.