Direct and Indirect objects

All sentences have...

• a subject and an object

• a verb and an object

• a subject and a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

Some sentences have

• an object before the main verb

• an object after the main verb

• a subject after the main verb

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.1A

The types of objects can be...

• simple

• direct

• directly

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.SL.1.2

A direct object answer the questions...

• when?

• what?

• where?

• who?

• whom?

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.3

A direct object receives... directly.

• the name of the subject

• the action of the verb

• the noun, noun phrase or pronoun

Choose the object: My sister bought a new house.

• My sister

• bought

• house

• a new house

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

Choose the object: Peter saw her in the morning.

• saw

• in the morning

• her

• Peter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

Write the object: U.S.A won its independence in 1783.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

Write the object: The Egyptians invented cosmetics.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

An indirect object is...

• a noun, noun phrase or pronoun

• a subject

• to whom and for whom the action is done.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4