Question

Identify the grammatical function of the bolded noun clause in this sentence: What Chip wrote and read to Maria made the entire church congregation cry. A) subject B) direct object C) predicate nominative D) object of a preposition

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

I did the test and it said subject

Answer 2

Answer:

D) object of a preposition

Explanation:

"Maria" is functioning as the object of the preposition “to" in this sentence.

In this sentence a noun functions as the object of a preposition by coming after a preposition.

By definition of what an object of a preposition is, it is any noun that comes right after a preposition.