Direct & Indirect Objects

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English

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7th - 10th Grade

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CCSS

L.3.1A, L.3.1F, L.3.1I

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Juan Ramírez

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Recognizing Direct Objects

Direct Object

This indicates the sentence's object: the person or thing involved in the action and a response to what or who questions.

Subject + Action + Direct Object

Lucas kicks the ball

Lucas kicks the ball

Who is the sentence's subject?: Lucas
What is he doing?: He is kicking something.
What does he kick?: He kicks a ball.
In this order of ideas, ball is the direct object because it is receiving the action.

More Examples:

Sasha paints landscapes.
Shannon loves traveling to Europe.
The teacher explained the rules.
The company is considering my proposal.
Tina ate apples and bananas.

Indirect Object

It is the recipient of the direct object. It answers the questions to whom, for whom, or for what. For example:

Subject + Action + Indirect Object + Direct Object

Marcy gave to her mother a painting

Marcy gave to her mother a painting

Who's the subject?: Marcy
What action did Marcy do?: She "gave" something.
What did she give?: A painting

Multiple Choice

True or False: A direct object receives the action from the verb.

true

false

Multiple Choice

Is the highlighted word a subject, verb or direct object?
The boy threw the ball to second base.

subject

action verb

adjective

Multiple Choice

Is the highlighted word a subject, verb or direct object?
My mom cooked a huge breakfast for us on Saturday morning.

subject

verb

adjective

Multiple Choice

Identify the direct object:
The dog jumped the fence in one leap.

jumped

leap

fence

dog

Multiple Choice

Direct Object: Haymitch Abernathy made balloon animals, and his friend told jokes.

made, told

balloon animals, jokes

told

made

Multiple Choice

Verb: Gale Hawthorne wrote a book, and his cousin drew the pictures.

Gale Hawthorne

the pictures

wrote, drew

a book

Multiple Choice

Which word is the direct object?
Mark, Anne, and Natosha ate dinner at the new Chinese restaurant.

restaurant

Chinese

ate

dinner

Multiple Choice

Which type of verb does a direct object follow?

Action

Linking

Multiple Choice

Which two questions does a direct object answer?

Where? Why?

Whom? What?

Time? Location?

When? Where?

Multiple Choice

Lauren played her violin beautifully. What is the direct object?

Lauren

violin

beautifully

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence is an indirect object?

She told them about her plans.

She

told

them

plans

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence is an indirect object?

The old man gave the dog a bone.

man

gave

the dog

bone

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence is an indirect object?

They offered me money.

They

offered

money

Multiple Choice

What questions do indirect objects answer?

to whom/for whom

what

why

how

Multiple Choice

Kaden helped Mrs. Bell before school. What is the direct object?

Kaden

Mrs. Bell

school

Multiple Choice

Reece created his own Pokemon. What is the direct object?

Reece

created

Pokemom

Multiple Choice

David ate ice cream after school. What is the direct object?

ice cream

after

school

Multiple Choice

Jackson ran laps because he got in trouble. What is the direct object?

ran

laps

trouble

Multiple Choice

What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
"The company promises its employees annual pay increases."

company

pay increases

promises

employees

Multiple Choice

What is the direct object in the following sentence?
"Ms. Nishimura served her guest a traditional meal."

meal

Ms. Nishimura

served

guest

Multiple Choice

What is the direct object in the following sentence?
"The eager salesperson sold the couple a new car."

couple

car

salesperson

sold

Multiple Choice

What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
"Kareem gave the crowd a big smile."

Kareem

gave

crowd

smile

Recognizing Direct Objects

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