Objects receive the action of verbs from "summary" of Basic English Grammar For Dummies - UK by Geraldine Woods
When you have a verb that acts on something or someone, the thing or person that receives the action is the object. The object may be a noun, a pronoun, or even a phrase that tells who or what the verb affects. Consider this example: "Alex threw the ball." In this sentence, the verb is "threw" and the object is "the ball." The ball is the thing being acted upon by Alex, who is performing the action. Objects can come after the verb, as in "Alex threw the ball," or they can come before the verb, as in "The ball hit Alex."In English, many verbs need objects to make sense. For instance, you wouldn't say, "Alex threw" without specifying what he threw. The verb "throw" is incomplete without an object to show what is being thrown. Verbs that require objects are called transitive verbs. Intransitive verbs, on the other hand, do not need objects to complete their meaning. For example, in the sentence "Alex sleeps," the verb "sleeps" does not require an object to make sense. Objects can be direct or indir...
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