Is Teacher a Direct Object

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How do you identify a direct object?

To find the direct object, say the subject and verb followed by whom or what. If nothing answers the question whom or what, you know that there is no direct object. Example: The car hit the tree.

What is a direct object in grammar example?

In English grammar, a direct object is a word or phrase that receives the action of the verb. In the sentence The students eat cake, the direct object is cake; the word eat is the verb and cake is what’s being eaten.