Identifying Indirect and Direct Objects in Sentences

This video tutorial explains the concept of indirect objects in English grammar, highlighting their relationship with direct objects. It provides examples and exercises to help identify both direct and indirect objects in sentences. The tutorial also clarifies the distinction between indirect objects and prepositional phrases, offering strategies to rewrite sentences for clarity.

What is an indirect object?

• The person or thing that performs the action

• The person or thing that is the subject of the sentence

• The person or thing that receives the action from the subject

• The person or thing that receives the direct object

In the sentence 'Rosie passed him the ball', what is the indirect object?

• Rosie

• The ball

• Passed

• Him

How do you find the indirect object in a sentence?

• Identify the subject first

• Identify the verb first

• Identify the direct object first and then ask to whom or for whom

• Identify the prepositional phrase first

In the sentence 'The teacher handed the students the test', what is the direct object?

• The teacher

• Handed

• The students

• The test

In the sentence 'Peter asked his mother a question', who is the indirect object?

• Peter

• Asked

• His mother

• A question

In the sentence 'She sang them a lullaby', what is the direct object?

• Them

• Sang

• She

• A lullaby

In the sentence 'He built the children a treehouse', who is the indirect object?

• The children

• Built

• He

• A treehouse

In the sentence 'She wrote a letter to her friend', what is 'to her friend'?

• Indirect object

• Subject

• Direct object

• Prepositional phrase

Which of the following sentences contains a prepositional phrase?

• Clara cooked them some fish

• She wrote a letter to her friend

• Peter asked his mother a question

• He wrote the principal a letter

In the sentence 'Clara cooked some fish for them', what is 'for them'?

• Indirect object

• Direct object

• Prepositional phrase

• Subject