11) Choose the best answer. Which of these sentences has the direct object italicized?

Our school team finished the finals and won!
Our school team finished the finals and won!
Our school team finished the finals and won!
Our school team finished the finals and won!

Match the simple sentences with the sentence patterns. Notice that the pronouns he and it take the place of nouns. Answers may be used more than once.
(options) Noun-Linking Verb-Adjective, Noun-Verb, Noun-Verb-Noun, Noun-Linking Verb-Noun

Marcello crossed the bridge.

He felt happy.

He was running.

A big dog chased him.

It growled.

The dog was muscular.

Marcello met the owner.

Ernie had been a firefighter.

He seemed nice.

His dog was a German shepherd.

Match the definitions with the terms.
tense, transitive verb, adjectives, linking verbs, direct object, nouns, intransitive verb, action verbs

words that modify or describe nouns

verbs that show states of being

words that express an action (what something does)

people, places, things, or ideas

a verb that does not have a direct object

the time of the action of an action verb or the “being” of a linking verb

a verb that has a noun or pronoun as the receiver of its action

a noun that follows an action verb and receives the action of the verb