Object (Objek)

Object (Objek) merupakan salah satu unsur pembangun kalimat yang memiliki fungsi sintaktik yang selalu berada di belakang kata kerja transitif (kata kerja yang membutuhkan objek).

Objek dapat diisi oleh kata benda, frase kata bensa, kata ganti, gerund, frase gerund, infinitif, frase infinitif, klausa kata benda.

1. Noun (Kata Benda) sebagai Objek
Contoh:

• I read books.
• Horses eat grass.
• She drinks juice.

2. Noun Phrase (Frase Kata Benda) sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• She can answer some difficult questions.
• The kid is drinking chocolate milk.
• I bought new magazines.

3. Pronoun (Kata Ganti) sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• I like him very much.
• He let them go.

4. Gerund sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• Brodie loves swimming
• Every woman likes shopping.
• You need eating.

5. Gerund Phrase (Frase Gerund) sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• We love eating in the restaurant.
• I postponed watching the match.
• She talked making cup cakes.

6. Infinitive (Infinitif) sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• It began to rain.
• The students started to study.
• I want to go.

7. Infinitive Phrase (Frase Infinitif) sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• I decided to go home.
• They are planning to buy some English books.
• My brother would like to spend his time in Bali.

8. Noun Clause (Klausa Kata Benda) sebagai Objek

Contoh:

• I really don't know what you said.
• Do you know whether she is nice or not.
• Everybody wonders whose child this is.