Question

Select the correct description for the words in bold.  

An estimated 300 million television viewers worldwide watched the event.

A.

indirect object

B.

object complement

C.

direct object

D.

subject complement

Answer 1

Hello, what is the word in bold?

Answer 2

Answer: C. Direct Object.

Step-by-step explanation: In a sentence, the direct object is a noun, or a noun phrase that receives the action of the verb. To identify a direct object we can ask a "what question" to the verb. For example if we have the sentence: She eats cheese, we ask: what does she eat? and the answer will be the direct object, that in this case is "cheese." In the given excerpt, the word in bold "event" is the direct object because it is the answer of the question: what did the viewers watch?