Transcript Direct and Indirect Objects - Parma City School District

Direct and Indirect Objects
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Direct Objects
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Does not refer to the subject
Instead, it receives the action of the
verb or shows the result of the
action.
It answers the questions what? or
whom? after an action verb.
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Direct Objects
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Examples:
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The doctor cured the disease
• Doctor—subject
• Cured—verb
• Disease—Direct Object
– The doctor cured what?
» The disease
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Direct Objects
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Example:
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She bought a car.
• She—subject
• Bought—verb
• Car—Direct Object
– She bought what?
» a car
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Indirect Objects
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An indirect object is a noun or
pronoun in the predicate that
precedes the direct object.
It tells to whom or for whom the
action of the verb is done.
A direct object must be in the
sentence in order for an indirect
object to exist.
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Indirect Objects
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Example
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bought her a dozen flowers.
I—subject
Bought—verb
I bought what?
– Flowers
» Direct Object
• I bought flowers for whom?
– Her
» Indirect Object
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Indirect Objects
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Example
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The teacher gave the students extra-credit.
• Teacher—subject
• Gave—verb
• The teacher gave what?
– Extra-credit
» Direct Object
• The teacher gave extra-credit to whom?
– Students
» Indirect Object
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Helpful Hint
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The direct object and the indirect
object will never be found within a
prepositional phrase.
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Assignment
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Please rewrite the following
sentences. For each sentence,
identify the direct object (DO) and
the indirect object (IO). Not every
sentence with contain both kinds of
objects.
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Assignment
1. Last night Tim told us a ghost story.
2. It was about a kid in a haunted
house.
3. The kid bought himself the house
with his allowance money.
4. Even though ghosts wandered the
hallways, the kid was not afraid.
5. In fact, he introduced the ghost to
his friends.
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and
Assignment
6. His friends were afraid of the ghost, but
they trusted the kid.
7. When Tim was done telling the story, he
told us to be very quiet.
8. Tim taught us the fine points of story
telling.
9. We feared the haunted house occupied by
ghosts.
10. Fortunately for us, the story did not
remind us of our homes.
Geschke--English IV
Grammar Unit--Direct and