Hello, everyone, and welcome back to my channel, Sparkle English,
where I help you improve your level of English. My name is Jennifer, and today we're going to
talk about the difference between subjects and objects in basic English sentences. So
what is the difference between a subject and an object in a sentence? Well, the subject of a
sentence is the person or thing that is doing the action. And the object of a sentence is the person
or thing that is receiving the action. For example, here, we have the subject, and the
subject is doing or performing an action to the object. So the object is receiving the action.
Let's talk more about subjects in detail. The subject is the noun or pronoun that performs
the action in a sentence. Remember, a noun is a person, a place or a thing. The subject
usually comes before the verb in a sentence. And identifying the subject helps us understand who
or what the sentence is about. For example, the cat climbs the tree. The cat is doing the action.
So the cat is the subject. And you can see it comes before the verb. Mary is studying for her
exams. Mary is the subject. The sentence is about Mary and what she is doing. They
are watching a movie at the cinema. The subject is they. And here. The subject is a pronoun.
They is a replacement for the girls or the boys. For example, it is a beautiful
day. Again, we have the pronoun it and it is the subject. You can see it comes before the verb is.
Now, let's talk about objects. The object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action in a
sentence. And the object usually comes after the verb in a sentence. In this case, identifying the
object helps us understand whom or what the action is being done to. So we saw this example before
the cat climbed the tree. Here the tree is the object of the sentence. The cat is the subject.
And the cat is doing the action to the tree. The tree is receiving the action of climbing.
She bought a book at the bookstore. Here the object is book. They invited us to the party. In
this case, we have a pronoun as the object. We are the people being invited to the party.
So here "they" would be the subject because they is performing the action
of inviting and "us" is receiving. She loves him deeply. Again,
we have the object pronoun "him" and we have the subject, she. She loves him.
For example, Meghan loves Harry. "Him" is a pronoun that replaces Harry.
So the subject-verb-object sentence structure is a common pattern used in English sentences. We
usually begin with a subject. Then we have a verb and we have an object. So, for example,
the cat chased the mouse. The subject is the cat. We have the verb chased. The object is the mouse.
My parents are having dinner. He wrote a letter. The girls are building a sandcastle.
So now we're going to have a quiz. And in this quiz, you need to identify any
subjects or objects in the following sentences. There are six sentences in total. Let's begin.
Number one. We visited the museum last weekend. Number two. Kim is playing the piano.
Number three. My niece painted a beautiful picture. Number four. The dog barked loudly.
Number five. Dad is washing the dishes. And finally, number six. The children ate the cookies.
In number one, we have the subject we, and the object is the museum.
We are the subject. We're the ones visiting the museum.
Number two, we have the subject Kim, and the object is the piano. Number three,
my niece is the subject. She is performing the action of painting. And the object is picture.
Number four was a tricky one. In number four, we only have a subject, the the dog.
There is no object in this sentence. Loudly is not an object. It's an adverb. It's describing
how the dog barked. Number five, we have the subject dad and the dishes is the object.
And finally, number six, the subject is the children and the object the cookies. Okay,
so let me know in the comment section how many you got correct out of six. And if you
have any questions about subjects and objects, I encourage you to check out my other English
grammar lessons where I talk about sentence structure and sentence type. I have linked
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