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The Direct Object

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What exactly is a direct object? Use this resource to introduce direct objects to your middle and early high school classrooms. The section at the top explains the part of speech, and then there are 20 sentences below for learners to practice identifying the direct object and the verb. 

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direct objects, Grammar, parts of speech

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6th - 9th
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English Language Arts
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