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Understanding Direct and Indirect Objects

The document defines and differentiates between direct and indirect objects in 3 sentences: - Direct objects receive the action of the verb and answer the questions "what?" or "whom?", while indirect objects answer the questions "to whom?" or "for whom?" and indicate who benefits from the direct object. - A direct object must be present for an indirect object to exist in a sentence, as the indirect object refers to the recipient of the direct object. - Neither direct nor indirect objects can appear in a prepositional phrase.

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Understanding Direct and Indirect Objects

The document defines and differentiates between direct and indirect objects in 3 sentences: - Direct objects receive the action of the verb and answer the questions "what?" or "whom?", while indirect objects answer the questions "to whom?" or "for whom?" and indicate who benefits from the direct object. - A direct object must be present for an indirect object to exist in a sentence, as the indirect object refers to the recipient of the direct object. - Neither direct nor indirect objects can appear in a prepositional phrase.

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Direct and Indirect

Objects
Objectives

After this lesson, students will be able to:


- Identify and define sentence structure, subject, predicate, and object.
- Differentiate between subjects and objects in a sentence.
- Define and explain the difference between direct and indirect objects.

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Direct and indirect objects

▸ What is an object?
▸ E.x. – We played tennis yesterday.
- A part of a sentence or sometimes part of
the predicate.
- It is the part that receives the action.

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Types of objects

Objects

Direct Objects Indirect Objects

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Direct Objects

Direct Objects : A direct object receives the action in the sentence. It usually answers the
question what? or whom? To find the direct object, find the action verb in the sentence.
Then ask what? or whom? about the verb.

Answers the questions: "What?" or "Whom?"


E.x. – They ate the lunch. The lunch is the direct object of the verb (ate) (What
did they eat?)
- She invited her friends to the party. (her friends) is the direct object of the verb
(invited) / (Whom did she invite?)

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Indirect object

▸ It answers the questions: "to whom?", "for whom?"

▸ It is the recipient of the direct object or an affected


participant of the event.
▸ There must be a direct object for an indirect object to
be placed in a sentence.
▸ In summary: The indirect object cannot exist without
the direct object.

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▸ I sent my mother a letter.
▸ I= Subject
▸ Sent= verb

▸ My mother = indirect object (to whom did you send


the letter?= To my mother)

▸ A letter= direct object (What did you send?= a letter)


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▸ Neither direct objects nor indirect objects appear in a
prepositional phrase. (Grammar booklet, p.159):

- Patriots fought for their independence.


(Independence is not a direct object. It is the object of the preposition for)

- Mr. Ortiz discussed the minutemen with us.


(Us is not an indirect object. It is the object of the preposition with)

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