Direct and

Indirect Objects
 What is an object?
• An object in grammar is a part of a
sentence, and often part of the predicate.
It refers to someone or something involved
in the subject's "performance" of the verb.
It is what the verb is being done to. As an
example, the following sentence is given:
Subject Verb Object
Leila wrote the poem
Subject Verb Object
Leila wrote the poem

• "Leila" is the subject, the doer or

performer,
• "wrote" is a verb that refers to
the action,
• "the poem" is the object involved in the
action.
 Types of Objects
• There are two types of
objects: direct and indirect objects:
• Direct object
• A direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?"
• Examples:
• David repaired his car → his car is the direct object of
the verb repaired. ( What did David repair?)
• He invited Mary to the party → Mary is the direct object of
the
verb invited. (Whom did he invite?)
• Indirect Object
• An indirect object answers the question "to
whom?", "for whom?", "for what?"...
• An indirect object is the recipient of the
direct object, or an otherwise affected
participant in the event. There must be a
direct object for an indirect object to be
placed in a sentence. In other words an
indirect object cannot exist without a direct
object.
• Examples:
• They sent him a postcard - him is
the indirect object of the verb sent. (To
whom did they send a postcard?)
• He bought his son a bike - his son is
the indirect object of the verb bought.
(For whom did he buy a bike?)
 Give me you answer!
• Decide whether the words in bold are subjects, direct
objects or indirect objects
1. She sent her friend an email .
2. Sally will help you with your housework.
3. Where did you put the keys?
4. He gave them a bag full of money.
5. Alice wrote a book on the French revolution .
6. I need your help.
7. He offered her a flower.
8. My father bought us a new TV set.
9. John sold me his car.
10.I wish you good luck .
• Decide whether the words in bold are subjects, direct
objects
or indirect objects
• She sent her friend an email . Indirect Object
• Sally will help you with your housework. Direct Object
• Where did you put the keys? Subject
• He gave them a bag full of money. Indirect Object
• Alice wrote a book on the French revolution . Subject
• I need your help. Direct Object
• He offered her a flower. Direct Object
• My father bought us a new TV set. Indirect Object
• John sold me his car. Direct Object
• I wish you good luck Indirect Object
 Evaluation
• Group Activity.Instruct students to form a
paragraph about Wedding in the
Philippines.Determine if they used direct
and indirect object. In each sentence.
• Rubrics
• Organization-10 points
• Mechanics and grammar-10 points
• Correctness of the facts-5 points
• Practice Exercise
• Identify the direct and any indirect objects in the following sentences. You
may check your answers below.
1. Denny brought Tony some apples, bananas, and strawberries from the
store.
2. Place the puppy into his pen and come to dinner.
3. Jennifer sent an e-mail to her friend in Missouri.
4. The kids played street hockey all afternoon.
5. Thomas got an invitation to visit UCLA during Spring Break.
6. Gary brought a paper to read while he waited for Ann to finish.
7. Justin Timberlake sang his fans' favorite hits.
8. The king gave his most loyal subjects a generous portion of land.
9. The instructor offered her students a lollipop after class.
10.He tied the nets to the goal posts and lined the fields for this season's
games.
• Answers
1. IO = Tony; DO = apples, bananas, strawberries
2. DO = puppy
3. DO = e-mail
4. DO = street hockey
5. DO = invitation
6. DO = paper
7. DO = hits
8. IO = subjects; DO = portion
9.IO = students; DO = lollipop
10.DO = nets, fields
http://www.education.com/study-help/articl
e/direct-indirect-objects_answer/