Direct & Indirect Objects

What is an indirect object?

• The action of the sentence

• Who or what the sentence is about

• An object that is used with a transitive verb

  to indicate who benefits from an action or gets something as a result.

• A word or phrase that receives the action of the

  verb.

What is a direct object?

• A word or phrase that receives the action of the

  verb.

• The who or what that the sentence is about

• The action of the sentence

• An object that is used with a transitive verb

  to indicate who benefits from an action or gets something as a result.

What is a transitive verb?

• a person, place, or thing

• a verb that requires an object to complete its meaning

• an action

• a verb that DOES NOT require an object to complete its meaning

Which of these is a transitive verb?

• rush

• jump

• impress

• shout

What is the direct object in this sentence: Jessica handed Catherine a note.

• Jessica

• Catherine

• handed

• note

What is the direct object in this sentence: The blue pen was given to Bob by Tina.

• blue pen

• given

• Bob

• Tina

What is the indirect object in this sentence: My sister adopted a puppy for Mom.

• My

• sister

• puppy

• mom

What is underlined in this sentence: Dunkin Donuts introduced new coffee drinks.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Transitive Verb

What is underlined in this sentence: The teacher guided the students through the lesson.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Transitive Verb

What is underlined in this sentence: Tom Jones sang me a song.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Transitive Verb