Question

Pick out the object of the verb in the given sentence:
Mother ate breakfast in silence.

• A. Mother
• B. ate
• C. breakfast
• D. in silence

Answer 1

The correct option is C breakfast

The object is the person or thing that receives the action in a sentence. In the given sentence, "breakfast" is the recipient of the action "ate", hence it is the object and option C is correct. "Mother" is the subject and "ate" is the verb, hence options A and B are incorrect. "In silence" is a prepositional phrase, it is not the recipient of the action "ate", hence option D is incorrect.