Noun Function Review
Subject
What the sentence is about
Code: S above it
Direct Object
Follows an action verb and receives the action of the sentence
Answers the question “What?”
Code: Circle it
Indirect Object
Located between an action verb and its direct object and is closely
related to the Direct Object
To test, move behind the DO and add “to” in front of it
Code: Box it
Object of Preposition The noun in a prepositional phrase
Code: OP above it
Predicate Nominative Follows a linking verb and renames the subject
Code: PN
Appositive
Renames a noun and is usually set off by commas
Code: APP above it
Noun of Direct Address
Name of the person to whom you are speaking
Code: NDA above it