Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Objects of the Prepositions

Direct Objects, Indirect
Objects, and Objects of the Preposition

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of the following sentence?

The pack of wild dogs hunted us through the woods.

• dogs

• pack

• us

• woods

Direct Object

A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of an action verb. It answers the question “Whom?” or “What?” after the verb

● Mr. Scheip ate a pizza by himself. [ He ate what?]

● My friend met The Rock and John Stamos this summer. [She met whom?]

• ​Every sentence has a subject, but not every sentence has direct or indirect objects.

Multiple Choice

Find the direct object:

I bought a new bicycle last year.

• year

• bought

• I

• bicycle

Multiple Choice

Find the direct object:

I scratched my knee while playing outside.

• I

• outside

• my knee

• playing

Indirect Object

A noun or pronoun that answers the question “To whom?” or “To what?” following an action
verb. The indirect object will ALWAYS come before the direct object.

●Mr. Scheip gave us an assignment to complete. [He gave what? To whom was it given?]

●Charlotte sent Eliza a letter describing married life. [She sent what? To whom was it sent?]

• ​Just because a sentence has a direct object, it doesn't always have an indirect object

Multiple Choice

Find the indirect object:

My dad bought me a new bike last year.

• dad
• me
• bike
• last year

Multiple Choice

Find the indirect object:

The teacher gave his students plenty of time to read.

• the teacher
• plenty of time
• to read
• his students

Object of the Preposition

The object of the preposition is a noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional phrase.

●

I sent a letter to Elizabeth.

●

Beneath the banyan tree, there was a sense of tranquility.

Multiple Choice

Find the object of the preposition:

My friend rented a bowling lane for me.

• me
• rented
• bowling lane
• friend

Multiple Choice

Find the object of the preposition:

On his birthday, I bought Jerry a new golf club.

• bought

• birthday

• Jerry
• golf club

Finding the subject and objects

* If you are completely lost, start by labelling the parts of speech as best you can

1.Put parentheses around the prepositional phrases = Object of the preposition

2.Find the verb(s) and ask “Who/what?” before the verb = subject

3.Ask “Whom/what?” after the verb = Direct Object

4.Ask “to/for whom/what?” after the verb and DO = Indirect object

See, I told you it’s easy.

Multiple Choice

Carly brought PJ a sandwich for lunch.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Object of the Preposition

Multiple Choice

Carly brought PJ a sandwich for lunch.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Object of the Preposition

Multiple Choice

Carly brought PJ a sandwich for lunch.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Object of the Preposition

Multiple Choice

Carly brought PJ a sandwich for lunch.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Object of the Preposition

Multiple Choice

Carly brought PJ a sandwich for lunch.

• Subject

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object

• Object of the Preposition