4. direct object: phones
subject: some students
verb: want
5. direct object: students
subject: the rule
verb: take
6. direct object: phone
subject: the principal
verb: took
7. direct object: dad
subject: my friend
verb: told
8. direct object: issue
subject: my friend’s parents
verb: discussed
9. direct object: questions
subject: the Johnsons
verb: had
10. direct object: the schools’
subject: they
verb: understand