Question

Select the letter of the term that correctly identifies the function of the word or phrase in parentheses in the following sentence:
They collect (fossils) wherever they go

a. direct object
b. indirect object
c. object complement
d. predicate nominative
e. predicate adjective

Answer 1

The letter of the term that correctly identifies the function of the word or phrase in parentheses in the following sentence is A) direct object.
The word fossils is the object of the verb collect. 
You can also ask the question: What do they collect? And because the answer is fossils, that means it is the direct object.