INDIRECT OBJECTS

BY EMMA LAMBERT AND OLIVIA LAFLAMME

VOCABULARY

• ACTION VERB- (NOUN) A WORD BELONGING TO THE PART OF SPEECH THAT IS THE CENTER OF THE PREDICATE AND WHICH DESCRIBES AN ACT OR ACTIVITY

• DIRECT OBJECT-(NOUN) A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS REPRESENTING THE PERSON OR THING UPON WHICH THE ACTION OF A VERB IS PERFORMED OR TOWARD WHICH IT IS DIRECTED: IN ENGLISH, GENERALLY COMING AFTER THE VERB, WITHOUT A PREPOSITION.

• INDIRECT OBJECT-(NOUN) A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS REPRESENTING THE PERSON OR THING WITH REFERENCE TO WHICH THE ACTION OF A VERB IS PERFORMED, IN ENGLISH GENERALLY COMING BETWEEN THE VERB AND THE DIRECT OBJECT.

WHAT IS AN INDIRECT OBJECT

AN INDIRECT OBJECT IS A NOUN PRONOUN, OR NOUN PHRASE THAT OCCURS IN ADDITION TO A DIRECT OBJECT AFTER SOME VERBS AND INDICATES THE PERSON OR THING THAT RECEIVES WHAT IS BEING GIVEN OR DONEORA NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT RECEIVES THE DIRECT OBJECT

A DIRECT OBJECT IS A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT RECEIVES THE ACTION OF A VERB IN A SENTENCE

IT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHAT OR WHOM ABOUT THE VERB

A SENTENCE CAN HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT AND NO INDIRECT OBJECT

EX: BOB ATE CHICKEN

Direct Object Refresher

Subject

Verb

Direct Object

DIRECT OBJECT REFRESHER CONTINUED A DIRECT OBJECT ANSWERS WHOM OR WHAT. TRY THIS SENTENCE BELOW.

THE CAR HIT THE TREE. THE DIRECT OBJECT IS TREE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASK WHOM OR WHAT. THE CAR HIT WHAT? THE CAR HIT THE TREE SO THERE FOR IT WOULD BE THE DIRECT OBJECT.

action verb direct object

DIRECT WITH INDIRECT OBJECTS

A SENTENCE MUST HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT TO HAVE AN INDIRECT OBJECT.

IF THERE IS A DIRECT OBJECT, THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN INDIRECT OBJECT. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND SEE IF THERE IS AN INDIRECT OBJECT.

BRAIN POP REFRESHER

DANNY SNUGGLED THE KITTENSnuggled

would be the verb because it is an action being done

IM THINKING OF THROWING THE BALL

Since action verbs can also be mental, there

are two action verbs in the black sentence:

thinking and throwing

BRAIN POP EXAMPLESTIMMY KICKS MADDIE THE BALLKICKS IS THE ACTION VERBTHE DIRECT OBJECT QUESTION IS WHAT WAS BEING KICKED?THE DIRECT OBJECT IS THE BALLTHE INDIRECT OBJECT QUESTION IS, WHO WAS THE BALL KICKED TO?THE INDIRECT OBJECT IS MADDIE

MAGGIE GIVES THE DOG A HUGGIVES IS THE ACTION VERBTO FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT ASK, "WHAT DID SHE GIVE?"THE DIRECT OBJECT IS A HUGTO FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT ASK, "WHAT DID MAGGIE GIVE A HUG TO?"THE INDIRECT OBJECT IS THE DOG

MORE DETAIL ON INDIRECT OBJECTS

TELLS TO WHOM OR TO WHAT OR FOR WHOM OR FOR WHAT THE ACTION OF THE VERB IS DONE

SUBJECT ACTION VERB INDIRECT OBJECT DIRECT OBJECT

SARAH SHOWED THE CLASS HER NEW GLASSES

HOW TO FIND AN INDIRECT OBJECT

TO FIND AN INDIRECT OBJECT YOU NEED TO FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT AND ASK WHO OR WHAT IS RECEIVING THE ACTION VERB

HOW TO FIND AN INDIRECT OBJECT IN MORE DETAIL

TO FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT, YOU MUST FIRST FIND THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB. IF THE VERB IS AN ACTION VERB, THEN THERE WILL BE A DIRECT OBJECT, OR AN INDIRECT AND DIRECT OBJECT. IF THE VERB IS LINKING, THEN THERE WILL NOT BE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT OBJECT. AFTER YOU FIND THE ACTION VERB, YOU NEED TO FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT. THEN YOU CAN FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT. ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT

DETAILED EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE 1: TOM AND PEGGY ATE OMELETS FOR BREAKFAST.

THE SUBJECT IS “TOM AND PEGGY,” AND THE VERB IS “ATE.” NEXT ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION “FOR WHAT?” ABOUT THE VERB “ATE.” WHAT DID THE SUBJECT, TOM AND PEGGY, EAT FOR? THEY ATE FOR BREAKFAST. THEREFORE, THE INDIRECT OBJECT IS “BREAKFAST.”

LABELED EXAMPLE

NOUN VERB INDIRECT OBJECT DIRECT OBJECT

DID SALLY SEND YOU THE EMAIL?

SAMPLE PROBLEMS

ACTION VERB IN RED, DIRECT OBJECT IN GREEN, AND THE INDIRECT OBJECT IN BLUE.

1. DID SALLY TELL YOU ABOUT THE MEETING?

2. MAYA SHOULD HAVE SENT YOU THE LETTER ABOUT THE PARTY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• HTTP://WWW.DAILYGRAMMAR.COM/LESSON-191-INDIRECT-OBJECTS.HTM • HTTP://ENGLISHPLUS.COM/GRAMMAR/00000018.HTM • HTTP://WWW.DAILYGRAMMAR.COM/LESSON-192-INDIRECT-OBJECTS.HTM • PEARSON PRESENCE HALL, PRENTICE HALL WRITING AND GRAMMAR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS • HTTPS://WWW.BRAINPOP.COM/ENGLISH/GRAMMAR/VERBSANDTHEIROBJECTS/ • HTTP://DICTIONARY.REFERENCE.COM/BROWSE/INDIRECT%20OBJECT?S=T • HTTP://WWW.GRAMMAR-MONSTER.COM/GLOSSARY/DIRECT_OBJECT.HTM • HTTP://WWW.DAILYGRAMMAR.COM/LESSON-109-DIRECT-OBJECT.HTM