Lesson 2: The Direct Object Quiz: Pronouns and Direct Objects Time to check your understanding with a quiz. If you get fewer than 10 out of 13 right on the first try, you should back up and review the last two steps.
Check all of the sentences that contain a demonstrative pronoun.
“…he will deliver you…” (Prov 20:22c)
Which word(s) is the verb? “Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love…” ( Prov 20:6a)
What kind of pronoun is this? "... whoever provokes him ...” (Prov 20:2b)
The subject pronoun of this sentence is what kind of pronoun? What part of speech is the direct object of this phrase? ¹ The direct object “you” also happens to be a personal pronoun in this phrase. We are quizzing both pronouns and direct objects on this step, but remember that when we parse, we are interested in the role of a word in the sentence. So if we were to parse this phrase, we would label “you” as the DO, not as a personal pronoun.
² Why is the direct object in 20:6a just “love?” What are those other words? You could argue that “his own steadfast love” all together answers the question “What is proclaimed?” and could be called an object phrase. However in this course, as we are learning to parse, we will generally break up phrases into their component parts. Here we see that what is proclaimed is love, and the other three words are modifying (giving more information about) this love. “His own steadfast” are adjectives (or pronouns acting adjectivally) describing the direct object “love.”