Direct complement

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• Direct complement examples
• How to find the direct object?

The direct complement It is the part of the sentence that has the function of receiving the action of the verb. For this reason a direct object will always be located in the predicate of the sentence. However, the predicate can have different complements so it is essential to be able to differentiate which ones are direct and which are not.

For example: "I must start the diet." Direct complement: "the diet’.

• It can serve you: Indirect complement.

Direct complement examples

• You have bought a soft drink?
• ¿What is what you want?
• We accompany to my uncles to hospital
• Adela prepared me a rich juice
• We reached the goal
• Alejandra broke a leg
• Amber is a very good and sweet bitch
• Ana called to Raul
• Ana and Pedro ate a lot of ice cream
• I ate yesterday ravioli
• Yesterday look a movie
• Yesterday i visited a museum
• Candela wanted her wrists
• Carlos and Teresa were my witnesses wedding
• Carmen is a fighting person
• Columbus crossed The Atlantic ocean
• I bought Some candy
• I buy some sandwiches
• Constance did a call by phone
• Constanza and Emilio read a novel
• I think i will eat a salad
• Daniel did to get mad with the
• Daniel and Maria will celebrate their silver anniversary in October
• I must start the diet
• Inside the cake there was a surprise
• Next year I will visit to my uncles in canada
• The baby ate all of the food
• The pilot did not eat nothing
• The teacher writes books
• The fridge broke down
• On Saturday afternoon Ana and I will finish of studying
• In the ocean there is many snails
• We are studying French
• Eusebio is a selfish, greedy and liar man
• February has 28 days
• Felisa wanted a surprise party
• Francisco is my grandfather
• Gaston is my therapist
• I've counted all the seeds
• I have cut many flowers
• I said the truth
• I scored an important date in the calendar
• I have forgotten the keys
• I dreamed with you
• I have sold a car
• Jamaica is a beautiful country
• Jeremiah is my brother
• Jorge doesn't want more cake
• Jose needed a transplant
• Joseph will repair Cup
• We play hopscotch all afternoon
• The cells living beings
• The girls did not want to go to walk
• I gave him A cake to my mother
• I'll call to Rosana in a while
• I called to Rodrigo all night
• Men did fire
• Dogs eat balanced meal
• Tomorrow i will start to walk
• Tomorrow i will eat fruits and vegetables
• Tomorrow we'll see to my cousins
• Marina and I visited to my mother
• Matías has autism
• I would like come here
• My friend dreamed with the school
• My brother will buy a bicycle
• My mother is a good and loving woman
• My teacher sent me Many duties
• My mom bought vegetable and fruit
• My dog ​​Evaristo broke all his spoon
• My neighbor repairs footwear
• We look the stars shine
• My parents will give me a trip
• My nephews studied English
• Needed a break
• I do not like the lies
• Forgot your name
• Pedro and Norberto stole the bank
• I want a gift birthday
• I want a tea
• I would like a soft drink
• Rocío sang a song
• Roció will celebrate his birthday in a theme park
• Rodrigo asked me tell you a story
• rose is an extraordinary person
• Sofia failed the exam
• Solange had much hair
• Tamara, the teacher, the challenge
• Tamara, the teacher, challenged to the girls
• I will pass you My notebook
• I have some money in the bank account
• I have angina
• I have four entrances for tonight's game
• Tobias broke his toys
• I will take a jug of cold juice
• Valentine is a very healthy young man
• I already understood the lesson
• Already the I have challenged
• I think we will approve the exam in the morning
• Zulma bought a new car

How to find the direct object?

1. Always respond to ¿What? or Whatwho? in a sentence.

Example 1: "Nehuen and Camila watched a movie”

 ¿What did Nehuen and Camila see? The answer to this question will be the direct object: a movie.

Example 2: "We are waiting for my cousin Sofia”

Who are we waiting for? To my cousin Sofia

1. The direct object can be replaced by the pronouns the, the, the, the. Following the previous examples:

Example 1: "Nehuen and Camila watched a movie”

“Nehuen and Camila the they saw”.

Example 2: "We wait for my cousin Sofia”.

The we wait.

1. When a sentence is changed to passive voice, the direct object becomes a subject but this subject is called patient subject.

“I sang a song ”. "A song has been sung by me”

1. A direct object can be made up of:

• Noun phrase: Tomás played with his toys.
• An infinitive verb: My mom wants to cry.
• A subordinate clause: Miriam dreamed that she was reading a book.
• A pronoun: Ana called her.

1. Sentences with a transitive verb. In this type of sentence, the direct object receives the action of the verb. There are verbs that can contain direct objects and others (intransitive verbs) where it is not possible. For example, a transitive verb is "read": read a magazine. In this sentence "a magazine" is the direct complement of the sentence. But for example an intransitive verb is "smile". So: The employee smiled, is not a sentence that allows a direct object.