Verbs with Direct and Indirect Objects

Action Verbs with Direct and Indirect Objects

By Denise Dossey

​Identify the ACTION VERBS, DIRECT OBJECTS & INDIRECT OBJECTS in the following sentences.

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​TIPS

Direct Objects answer

WHOM? or WHAT?​

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Indirect Objects answer

TO WHOM? or FOR WHOM?​

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT in this sentence:

An enormous sea once covered this part of North America.

• Verb - sea

  D. O. - covered

• Verb - covered

  D. O. - America

• Verb - once

  D. O. - North America

• Verb - covered

  D. O. - part

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT in this sentence:

Visitors notice fossils in the canyon walls.

• Verb - notice

  D. O. - walls

• Verb - Visitors

  D. O. - notice

• Verb - notice

  D. O. - fossils

• Verb - canyon

  D. O. - walls

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT in this sentence:

Wind and rain erode the soft rock.

• Verb - rain

  D. O. - rock

• Verb - erode

  D. O. - rock

• Verb - erode

  D. O. - soft

• Verb - Wind and rain

  D. O. - rock

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

Julia told the children a funny story.

• Verb - told

  D. O. - children

  I.O. - story

• Verb - told

  D. O. - story

  I.O. - children

• Verb - funny

  D. O. - story

  I.O. - children

• Verb - told

  D. O. - story

  I.O. - funny

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

Carmen sewed her new niece a crib quilt.

• Verb - sewed

  D. O. - quilt

  I.O. - niece

• Verb - sewed

  D. O. - niece

  I.O. - quilt

• Verb - new

  D. O. - niece

  I.O. - quilt

• Verb - crib

  D. O. - quilt

  I.O. - neice

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

Jenny's sister made the team a pitcher of lemonade.

• Verb - team

  D. O. - pitcher

  I.O. - lemonade

• Verb - made

  D. O. - lemonade

  I.O. - team

• Verb - made

  D. O. - team

  I.O. - pitcher

• Verb - made

  D. O. - pitcher

  I.O. - team

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

I bought my friend some baseball cards.

• Verb - bought

  D. O. - friend

  I.O. - cards

• Verb - bought

  D. O. - cards

  I.O. - friend

• Verb - my

  D. O. - cards

  I.O. - friend

• Verb - bought

  D. O. - friend

  I.O. - some

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

The middle school sent the shelter more than five hundred cans of food.

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - food

  I.O. - shelter

• Verb - more

  D. O. - food

  I.O. - school

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - cans

  I.O. - shelter

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - hundred

  I.O. - food

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

He offered my mother a ride to her office.

• Verb - offered

  D. O. - ride

  I.O. - mother

• Verb - offered

  D. O. - office

  I.O. - mother

• Verb - my

  D. O. - mother

  I.O. - ride

• Verb - offered

  D. O. - ride

  I.O. - o

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

I will give Tyler some gum.

• Verb - will

  D. O. - Tyler

  I.O. - gum

• Verb - will

  D. O. - gum

  I.O. - Tyler

• Verb - give

  D. O. - gum

  I.O. - Tyler

• Verb - give

  D. O. - some

  I.O. - gum

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

Someone sent Kim a dozen roses.

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - Kim

  I.O. - roses

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - roses

  I.O. - Kim

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - dozen

  I.O. - roses

• Verb - sent

  D. O. - Someone

  I.O. - roses

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

My grandmother mailed me seventeen postcards.

• Verb - mailed

  D. O. - postcards

  I.O. - me

• Verb - mailed

  D. O. - seventeen

  I.O. - postcards

• Verb - mailed

  D. O. - me

  I.O. - postcards

• Verb - mailed

  D. O. - grandmother

  I.O. - postcards

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION VERB and its DIRECT OBJECT and its INDIRECT OBJECT

in this sentence:

The tour guide gives each visitor a map.

• Verb - guide

  D. O. - map

  I.O. - visitor

• Verb - gives

  D. O. - each

  I.O. - visitor

• Verb - gives

  D. O. - map

  I.O. - each

• Verb - gives

  D. O. - map

  I.O. - visitor