Which word in the sentence is the direct object? then he made a pot of stew with the leftovers from dinner.
a. dinner
b. stew
c. leftovers
d. pot

The correct answer is D: pot. Object in the sentence is the entity that is acted upon by the subject. In this sentence, subject is "he", and "he" is doing the action of making upon "pot". Types of object are: 1) direct object: entity acted upon. Example: Suzan is making a CAKE. 2) indirect object: entity indirectly affected by the action. Example: Tom sent HER flowers. 3) prepositional object: object introduced by a preposition (to, for) Example: Tom is waiting for GEORGE.

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