Understanding Direct Complements in Sentences
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Exercise 1. Locate the direct object of the sentence and replace it with it.
personal pronoun that corresponds.
We have read a book.
Tomorrow I will see your friend at the meeting.
We rent the apartment for little money.
They knitted some very beautiful scarves.
They love their daughter very much.
They found a kitten in the garage.
I planted lettuces in the garden.
We had fried eggs for dinner yesterday.
Exercise 2. Locate the direct object and convert the following to passive.
sentences.
My cousin built that building.
Some thieves robbed the bank.
c) Adela organized the opening party.
The doctor treated the injured.
Her mother chose the living room curtains.
Andrés fixed Lucía's computer.
The firefighters extinguished the fire immediately.
Manuel's company sponsored the race.
My cousin built that building.
That building was built by my cousin.
Exercise 3. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
a) The complement can be replaced by the pronouns le and les.
b) The direct object can take the preposition 'a' if it refers to a person or
animal.
c) The pronouns me, te, nos, os, and se are also direct object pronouns.
The direct object appears with transitive verbs.
The direct object of an active sentence becomes a complement when transforming.
the sentence to passive.
Exercise 4. What you have to do is identify in each of the sentences that
we propose the direct and indirect objects, if there are any.
The gentleman in the elegant hat gallantly kissed the lady's hand.
I think your friend has bought some sweets for her little cousin.
Stop giving ice cream to the children, it's weird.
My grandparents and I were choosing a gift for the wedding all afternoon.
Finally, we have found a bag for mom.
The coach of this basketball team has given a tough talk to that player.
rubio.
Yesterday, a box full of bottles arrived for my neighbor.
Last week I had a very painful injection.
Have you already put away the winter clothes?
10. When we went to my brother's house, they welcomed us in the kitchen.