English question!.? Grammar...?

Question

I need help with the direct and indirect objects.

THis sentence: This salsa tastes spicy.--- what is the direct object and indirect object

Answer 1

This sentence has no direct or indirect object. I will break down the sentence for you and show you the different parts:

This salsa tastes good.

This(adjective) salsa(subject) tastes(verb) good(adjective).

The sentence does not have any direct/indirect object because the only noun in the sentence is used as the subject. I'll give you an example of a sentence with a direct object, then one with both a direct and indirect object:

Bob ate salsa.

Bob(subject) ate(verb) salsa(direct object).

In this sentence, salsa is the direct object, because it is the object of the verb(ate). Ask the question: "What did bob eat?" the answer will give you the direct object. Here is a sentence with both:

Jill gave Bob salsa.

Jill(subject) gave(verb) Bob(indirect object) salsa(direct object).

In this sentence, ask your self the same type of question you did in the other sentence to figure out which one is the direct object: "What did Jill give?" You know that the direct object cannot be Bob because it would make no sense. Jill did not give Bob. She gave salsa. So salsa in the direct object. To figure out the indirect object, ask a different question: "To whom/what did Jill give salsa?" The answer is Bob. She gave salsa to Bob. So, Bob is the indirect object. You will never have an indirect object without a direct object.  

I hope this helped you to understand direct and indirect objects more.  

Answer 2

There are no objects in that sentence.  No direct object, no indirect object.

Only one noun, and it is the subject.