Indirect Objects

Identify the indirect object.

Kayla gave Mr. Whiskers a bath.

• Kayla

• gave

• Mr. Whiskers

• bath

Identify the indirect object.

The music played softly in the background and gave Tess the blues.

• music

• background

• Tess

• blues

Identify the indirect object.

She picked you a ripe watermelon which I hope will be sweet.

• picked

• you

• watermelon

• sweet

Identify the direct and indirect object. (direct; indirect)

Last winter, mother gave me a warm wool sweater and a pair of mittens.

• winter; mittens + sweater

• mittens + sweater; me

• winter; sweater + mittens

• mittens + sweater; wool

• None of the above, because sweater and mittens are two separate nouns.

What is NOT a tip you can use to help find the indirect object in a sentence?

• Ask yourself "What?" or "Whom?" is receiving the direct object.

• Indirect objects must be a noun or pronoun.

• They will always be between the verb and the direct object of the sentence.

• Indirect objects will never be in prepositional phrases.

• All of these are valid tips.

Identify the direct and indirect object. (direct; indirect)

My barber told everybody the story of his vacation trip.

• barber; everybody

• story; trip

• barber; trip

• story; everybody

Identify the direct and indirect objects. (direct; indirect)

The cloudy weather that summer day brought us humidity and dampness.

• day; us

• humidity + dampness; summer

• day; summer

• humidity + dampness; us

• None of the above, because humidity and dampness are two separate nouns.

Identify the indirect object.

My dad and my uncle built me a super playhouse in the orchard when I was nine.

• dad

• built

• me

• playhouse

Identify the direct object.

Our department has purchased itself new recording equipment.

• department

• purchased

• itself

• equipment

Identify the direct object.

Megan knitted herself a very pretty scarf.

• Megan

• knitted

• herself

• scarf