Direct and Indirect Objects

Direct and Indirect Objects

Direct and Indirect Objects

• Direct Object = noun/pronoun that receives the action of a verb

• Indirect Object = names the noun/pronoun that something is given to or done for

Examples

• I acutely disliked the feeling.

• feeling = DO; disliked what?

• I remember being startled when I first saw my grandmother.

• grandmother = DO; saw whom?

• The grownups told the children stories.

• children = IO; told to whom?

• stories = DO; told what?

Multiple Choice

What is the DO: The author met a woman.

• author

• met

• a

• woman

Multiple Choice

What is the IO: The author met a woman.

• author

• met

• woman

• none

Multiple Choice

What is the DO: The woman showed her a manuscript.

• woman

• showed

• her

• manuscript

Multiple Choice

What is the IO: The woman showed her a manuscript.

• woman

• none

• her

• manuscript

Multiple Choice

What is the DO: The woman showed Lorraine Hansberry courage.

• woman

• showed

• Lorraine Hansberry

• courage

Multiple Choice

What is the IO: The woman showed Lorraine Hansberry courage.

• woman

• none

• Lorraine Hansberry

• courage

Multiple Choice

What is the DO: Hansberry gained a sense of meaning from the woman.

• woman

• gained

• sense of meaning

• Hansberry

Multiple Choice

What is the IO: Hansberry gained a sense of meaning from the woman.

• woman

• gained

• sense of meaning

• none