Grammaropolis
The Sentence Factory

Sentence Objects

A transitive verb passes its action to a noun or pronoun. That word is the object of the verb, and it lives in the predicate.

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Preview how it deepens, Grades 3 through 6.

subject + verb + object See it · tap a half
Try it on the line

Build one yourself.

Pick one chip at each station and snap them together. The Mayor inspects the finished sentence, a quick taste of how the parts combine.

1 · Nelson's office · the subject

2 · Vinny's stage · the verb

3 · the object the action lands on

4 · The Mayor inspects
Build a subject and a verb, then add the object.
✓ Subject, verb, object · approved
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Sentence Surgeon · revising sentences
Sentence Surgeon

A change order drops: make it plural, give it an adverb, swap in a pronoun. Re-tool the sentence and roll it back onto the line.

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Garbage Sentences · syntax vs. meaning
Garbage Sentences

Slang builds a sentence that follows every rule of grammar and still means nonsense. Catch which rule he really broke, and let the Mayor judge.

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Watch for

Not every noun after the verb is the object.

Looks like an object

Park follows the preposition to, so it is the object of a preposition. The running does not land on it.

Direct object

The ball catches the kick. It answers kicked what?, so it is the direct object, boxed inside the predicate.

The crew on this station

The characters host. The sentence is the star.

The Mayor portrait
The Mayor
inspects the sentence
What you'll learn

The same concept, deeper every grade.

Sentence Objects runs the length of the Factory, Grades 3 through 6. The lesson meets the standard at each grade, across all four frameworks.

Grade 3 A transitive verb passes its action to a noun or pronoun. That word is the object of the verb, and it lives in the predicate. CCSS L.3.1.A
Grade 4 A transitive verb passes its action to a noun or pronoun. That word is the object of the verb, and it lives in the predicate. CCSS L.4.1
Grade 5 A transitive verb passes its action to a noun or pronoun. That word is the object of the verb, and it lives in the predicate. CCSS L.5.1
Grade 6 A transitive verb does not stop at the verb; its action lands on an object, a noun or a pronoun. That object is the object of the verb, tucked inside the predicate. CCSS L.6.1.A