Direct and Indirect objects

Select the Direct Object from the following sentence:

Derick practiced the piano for hours last night.

• Derick

• Piano

• Practiced

• Hours

Answer explanation

Derick practiced what?

Derick practiced the piano.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

Order the boxes in the pattern for a sentence with an indirect object.

• Subject

• Indirect Object

• Verb

• Direct Object

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

Select the Indirect Object in the following sentence:

Mr. Hodges is the red team math teacher.

• Mr. Hodges

• Math Teacher

• Team

• There is no indirect object in this sentence

Answer explanation

There is no action verb in this sentence, so there cannot be an indirect object.

Select the direct object in the following sentence:

Mrs. Wiles went to the office.

• Mrs. Wiles

• Office

• Went

• There is no direct object in this sentence.

Answer explanation

Even though there is an action verb, there is nothing in this sentence that answers the questions "Whom or What?" about the subject and verb.

Choose the direct object in the following sentence:

Skylar choreographed the team's new dance.

• Skylar

• Team's

• Dance

• There is no direct object in this sentence.

Answer explanation

Skylar choreographed what?

Skylar choreographed dance.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

Match the following using the sentence below:

Mrs. Velazquez made her students a new quiz.

• made

• Subject

• Mrs. Velazquez

• Indirect Object

• students

• Direct Object

• quiz

• Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

Choose the indirect object in the following sentence:

Hayden told Jaden the answer to the question.

• Hayden

• Jaden

• Question

• Answer

Answer explanation

Hayden told the answer to whom?

Hayden told the answer to Jaden.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

Choose the indirect object in the following sentence:

Harley got Sofia a drink.

• Harley

• Drink

• Sofia

• There is no indirect object in this sentence.

Answer explanation

Harley got a drink for whom?

Harley got a drink for Sofia.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

Select the direct object in the sentence below:

Dallas and Audrey gathered everyone's homework.

• Dallas and Audrey

• Gathered

• There is no direct object in this sentence.

• Homework

Answer explanation

Dallas and Audrey gathered What?

Dallas and Audrey gathered homework.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

True or False:

If you do NOT have an action verb, you cannot have a direct object.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Direct objects require action verbs.