English grammar question for quiz?

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xxtoxic_chemicalsxx

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in the sentence, "later, he conquers his fears and returns to the battle", the word fears is ______
A) a transitive verb

b) the object of the verb

c) an intransitive verb
 
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ShugiLazala

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b. object of the verb

What did he conquer?
His fears.

His fears is the receiver of the verb conquer and acts as the object of the verb.
 
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Unknown

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It's b). In the sentence "conquers" is the only verb in the first segment of the sentence. This eliminates choices a) and c), leaving choice b).

Another way to solve this question is to identify the verb, "conquers." You then ask yourself what does the subject of the question conquer? The answer is "his fears," so it would be a direct object. Basically, a direct object is the noun that receives the action of the verb.
 
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