Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

Check the ways an objective case pronoun may be used in a sentence.

• direct object

• appositive to a direct object

• subject

• indirect object

• object of a preposition

Put a check next to words that are objective case pronouns.

• they

• whom

• whoever

• me

Which pronoun should be used in the following sentence? Mrs. Crabapple gave the boys, Sam and he/him, a make-up quiz.

The indirect object is something or someone who receives

• 1.the direct object

• 2.the main verb

The indirect object is always between the verb and

• 1.the direct object

• 2.the subject

To find the indirect object, ask yourself who or what received

• the direct object

• the subject

If you replace the indirect object "our friends" with a pronoun, it must be

• 1.they

• 2.them

Which receives the verb's action

• the subject

• the object

If the object receives the action directly from the subject, it’s called

• 1.an indirect object

• 2.a direct object

Identify the direct object pronoun in the following sentence: 'She gave it to him yesterday.'

• A) She

• B) It

• C) Him

• D) Yesterday