Question

Which word in the sentence is the direct object?

The discovery shed light on their culture.
a. culture
b. discovery
c. light
d. shed

Answer 1

c. light

Direct objects are words or set of words or phrases that are directly or is in contact immediate to its describer, either a noun pronoun adjective or adverb.

For example.
The dog barked at the cat because it hated it. Cat is the DO