Which lexical category is defined as the action and its objects of the sentence?

• A. Predicates
• B. Nouns
• C. Adjectives
• D. Conjunctions

Answer: (A)

The action and its objects belong to the predicate. The predicate tells what the subject does or what happens to it, and it includes the verb (the action) plus any complements that complete the meaning, such as the direct object (the thing acted on), indirect objects, and any related phrases. For example, in a sentence like “The dog chased the ball through the yard,” the verb “chased” is the action, “the ball” is the direct object, and “through the yard” adds detail. All of that—the verb and its objects/modifiers that complete the action—forms the predicate. Nouns name things, adjectives describe nouns, and conjunctions connect elements, but they don’t define the action and its objects of the sentence in the way the predicate does.