Indirect Object

What parts of speech can be an indirect object

• nouns and pronouns

• verbs and adverbs

• adjectives and nouns

• adjectives and adverbs

Indirect objects . . .

• are found between the verb and the direct object

• are found between the subject and the verb

• are found after a prepositional phrase

• are found after the direct object

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The hospital volunteer read the patient a story by Roald Dahl."

• volunteer

• patient

• story

• Roald Dahl

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The soloist sang the audience a beautiful ballad."

• soloist

• sang

• audience

• ballad

True or False?

Indirect objects receive direct objects.

• True

• False

Identify the underlined word: Angela drew Maria a country landscape.

• direct object

• indirect object

Identify the underlined word: Rhanera tossed Marco the ball carefully.

• direct object

• indirect object

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The music teacher taught the class a patriotic song."

• music

• teacher

• song

• class

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "Tyrone gave his mother some roses on Mother's Day."

• mother

• Tyrone

• roses

• Mother's Day

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The guide showed the tourists the desk where the president worked."

• guide

• tourists

• desk

• president