Mastering Indirect Object Verbs

Identify the indirect object in the sentence: 'She gave her friend a gift.'

• her friend

• a gift

• gave

• She

Which of the following verbs can take an indirect object? (a) run (b) tell (c) sleep

• tell

• run

• sleep

• jump

Fill in the blank with an appropriate indirect object: 'He sent _____ a letter.'

• us

• me

• him

• them

Choose the correct indirect object: 'They showed the children _____.' (a) a movie (b) the movie (c) movies

• the children a movie

• a movie

• a documentary

• the children movies

Identify the verb that requires an indirect object: (a) jump (b) offer (c) laugh

• speak

• give

• run

• offer

Transform the sentence to include an indirect object: 'He wrote a book.'

• He wrote a book about history.

• He wrote his friend a book.

• He wrote a book to his teacher.

• He wrote a book for his sister.

Which sentence correctly uses an indirect object? (a) She baked cookies for her friends. (b) She baked her friends cookies.

• She baked cookies to her friends.

• She baked her friends cookies.

• Her friends baked cookies for her.

• She baked cookies for her.

Identify the indirect object in the sentence: 'The teacher taught the students math.'

• math

• the lesson

• the teacher

• the students

Fill in the blank: 'Can you lend me _____?' (a) a pencil (b) me (c) the pencil

• some paper

• a pencil

• the eraser

• a pen

Choose the correct form: 'I told him _____.' (a) a story (b) the story (c) stories

• a novel

• the book

• an anecdote

• a story