Nouns as Objects

Which of the following is true about nouns as objects?

• A direct object (DO) answers the question whom or what after an action verb.

• An indirect object (IO) tells to whom or to what, or for whom or for what the action is done.

• To find the object of a preposition (OP), ask whom or what after the preposition.

• All of the above are correct.

Identify the direct object (DO) and object of a preposition (OP) in this sentence.

In the Middle Ages, not many children went to school.

• DO = In; OP = not

• DO = many; OP = to

• DO = Middle Ages; OP = school

• DO = children; OP = school

Identify the types of objects in this sentence: [DO = direct object; IO = indirect object; OP = object of a preposition]

Priests living at the castle taught rich children lessons in Latin.

• DO = priests; IO = castle; OP = lessons

• OP = castle; IO = children; DO = reading, writing

• IO = rich; DO = children; OP = living

• DO = castle; IO = children; OP = taught

Which of the following words is the direct object of the sentence?

They also taught children lessons in Latin.

• DO = lessons

• DO = children

• DO = Latin

• DO = taught

Which of the following words is the indirect object (IO) of the sentence?

They also taught children lessons in Latin.

• IO = Latin

• IO = children

• IO = lessons

• IO = taught

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

Which of the following words is the object of a preposition? (hint: prepositions are direction and location words like at, to, above, in, before, of, with, and from)

They also taught children lessons in Latin.

• OP = children

• OP = Latin

• OP = lessons

• OP = taught

Identify the kinds of objects that are underlined. Which is a direct object, indirect object, or an object of a preposition?

Most people learned history from storytellers.

• History is a direct object (DO); Storytellers is an object of a preposition (OP)

• History is an indirect object (IO); Storytellers is a direct object (DO)

• History is an object of a preposition (OP); storytellers is an indirect object (IO)

• History and storyteller are both objects of prepositions (OP)

Identify the direct object (DO), indirect object (IO), and object of a preposition (OP) from the following sentence.

Our teacher showed Sophia a new step at dance class.

• DO = teacher; IO = Our; OP = dance

• DO = showed; IO = Sophia; OP = class

• DO = step; IO = Sophia; OP = class

• DO = step; IO = dance; OP = new

Identify the correct types of objects in the following sentence:

The clerk gave the customer two dollars in change.

• DO = gave; IO = two; OP = in

• DO = dollars; IO = gave; OP = customer

• DO = customer; IO = change; OP = dollars

• DO = dollars; IO = customer; OP = change

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

Identify which type of object for the underlined noun.:

The camper watched the antics of the raccoon.

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of a preposition

• not an object

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4