Transcript ObjectsPronouns

Honors 9
Direct and Indirect Objects
Pronoun Case
Direct Objects
• Definition: a noun or pronoun that receives
the action of a verb or shows the result of
the action
• Answers the questions – "What?" or
"Whom?" after an action verb.
• Example: Howard hit the ball.
Subject
Verb
Direct
Object
Direct Objects
• The cow ate the grass.
Subject
Verb
Direct
Object
• Joe and Jane finished the worksheet.
Subjects
Verb
Direct
Object
Indirect Objects
• Definition: identifies to, for whom, or what
the action of the verb is performed
• An indirect object is always a noun or
pronoun which is not part of a
prepositional phrase.
• Example: Howard hit Chase the ball.
Subject
Verb
Indirect Direct
Object Object
Indirect Objects
• We will make the man an offer.
Subject
Verb
Indirect
Object
Direct
Object
• The cook baked the children cookies.
Subject
Verb
Indirect
Object
Direct
Object
Please note:
• Not all action verbs will take a direct
object, and not all direct objects will take
an indirect object.
– He wrote thoughtfully.
• (no direct object)
– He wrote a letter.
• (direct object - letter; no indirect object)
– He wrote his friend a letter.
• (direct object - letter; indirect object - friend)
Trickiness: Prepositional
Phrases
• Notice the difference in these two
sentences:
– Our family eats at the restaurant.
• (S-V-Prep. Phrase)
– Our family eats dinner at the restaurant.
• (S-V-DO-Prep. Phrase)
• Remember that a noun (restaurant) in a
prepositional phrase (at the restaurant) is
the object of a preposition, and is therefore
NOT a direct object.
How do pronouns fit in here?
• Well, we use different pronouns depending
on the purpose of the pronoun in a
sentence.
• Sally is not necessarily always replaced
with “she.”
• If you need a subject pronoun, use “she.”
• If you need an object pronoun, use “her.”
Pronoun Case
Subjects
Objects
Possession
I
me
my (mine)
you
you
your (yours)
his, her (hers), it
(its)
he, she, it
him, her, it
we
us
our (ours)
they
them
their (theirs)
who
whom
whose
Pronoun Case Practice
• Her and her mom went to
the mall.
• Needs a subject
->She and her mom
went to the mall.
• He gave the flowers to
Jane and I.
• Needs an object
->He gave the
flowers to Jane and me.
Subjects
Objects
I
me
you
you
he, she, it
him, her, it
we
us
they
them
who
whom
Extra Tips
• Pronouns used in prepositional phrases
take on the object form.
– I wanted to go to the mall with him (not he).
– To whom (not who) should I address this?
• Pronouns following linking verbs will take
on the subject case.
– It is I –It was she –Was it he?