Practice with Direct and Indirect Objects

Direct and indirect objects work with only what kind of verbs?

• action

• linking

Identify the indirect object in the sentence:Sally sold Jim some tickets to her school play.

• Sally

• tickets

• Jim

• school

What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
The students showed the teachers their new dance moves at the dance.

• students

• teachers

• dance moves

• dance

Is there an indirect object in this:

His grandmother sends him five dollars on his birthday every year.

• yes

• no

What is the indirect object?

He gave his teacher a card that he picked out himself.

• He

• teacher

• card

• himself

Identify the direct object in the sentence:

Sally sold Jim some tickets to her school play.

• Sally

• some

• tickets

• play

Direct and indirect objects work with only what kind of verbs?

• action

• linking

A direct object receives the action from the verb.

• true

• false

Identify the direct object in the sentence:

My parents gave me a present for my birthday.

• parents

• me

• present

• birthday

The indirect object is the person or thing that gets/receives the direct object.

• true

• false