Question

Identify the object of the verb in the predicate:

The crowd laughed at the officers.

• A. The crowd
• B. laughed
• C. the officers
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

the officers

Option C is correct. The object is the thing being acted upon. Option C answers the question: The crowd laughed at whom?. Thus, C is the right answer.

Option A is incorrect as "The crowd" is the subject that performs the action.

Option B is incorrect since "laughed" is the verb.

Option D is incorrect since the answer is option C.