Direct and Indirect Objects

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something in the sentence.

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What is a direct object?

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A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb directly.

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What is an indirect object?

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An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The cat chased the mouse.'

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The subject is 'The cat.'

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Identify the direct object in the sentence: 'She baked a cake.'

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The direct object is 'a cake.'

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Identify the indirect object in the sentence: 'He gave his friend a gift.'

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The indirect object is 'his friend.'

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What is the difference between direct and indirect objects?

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A direct object answers 'what?' or 'whom?' after the verb, while an indirect object answers 'to whom?' or 'for whom?' the action is done.

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In the sentence 'The teacher assigned the students homework,' what is the direct object?

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The direct object is 'homework.'

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In the sentence 'I told her a story,' what is the indirect object?

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The indirect object is 'her.'

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What question do you ask to find the direct object?

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You ask 'what?' or 'whom?' after the verb.