2.5 - Grammar: "Indirect Objects"

Some sentences contain two objects: a direct object and an indirect object.

• True

• False

The direct object is the receiver of the action.

• True

• False

The indirect object tells to whom, for whom, to what, or for what the action is done.

• True

• False

A noun used as an indirect object can be replaced by an object pronoun.

• True

• False

Identify the indirect object in this sentence:

Papa gave Billy three small steel traps.

What object pronoun can best replace the indirect object in this sentence:

Papa gave Billy three small steel traps.

• him

• you

• us

• them

Does this sentence have an indirect object?

Billy delivered the pelts.

• Yes

• No

Does this sentence have an indirect object?

Billy delivered Grandpa the pelts.

• Yes

• No

What object pronoun can best replace the indirect object in this sentence:

Billy delivered Grandpa the pelts.

How many indirect objects are in this sentence?

Grandpa made Billy and Papa "hoot-owl coffee."

• 1

• 2

• 0

• 74