DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECT

1. True or false? The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object.

• TRUE

• FALSE

2. True or false? The indirect object is found by asking who (or what) has received the direct object.

• TRUE

• FALSE

3. Select the indirect object in the sentence below:

I have bought your little sister a doll.

• A. bought

• B. your little sister

• C. a doll.

4. Select the indirect object.

I'll make you a hot chocolate before you go to bed.

• A. hot chocolate

• B. you

• C. to bed

5.  Select the indirect object.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give: he believed in me.

• A. My father

• B. the greatest gift

• C. in me

6. Select the sentence with an indirect object

• A. I bought myself a parrot.

• B. The parrot talked.

• C. But it did not say, 'I'm hungry,' so it died.

7. True or false? "My children" is the indirect object in the quotation below:

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

• TRUE

• FALSE

8. True or false? "My kids" is the indirect object in the quotation below:

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.

• TRUE

• FALSE

9. Select the indirect object.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

• A. The Irish

• B. the bagpipes

• C. the Scotts

10. Select the answer without an indirect object.

• A. Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

• B. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it