WorksheetsDIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECT
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
1. True or false? The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object.
TRUE
FALSE
2. True or false? The indirect object is found by asking who (or what) has received the direct object.
TRUE
FALSE
3. Select the indirect object in the sentence below:
I have bought your little sister a doll.
A. bought
B. your little sister
C. a doll.
4. Select the indirect object.
I'll make you a hot chocolate before you go to bed.
A. hot chocolate
B. you
C. to bed
5. Select the indirect object.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give: he believed in me.
A. My father
B. the greatest gift
C. in me
6. Select the sentence with an indirect object
A. I bought myself a parrot.
B. The parrot talked.
C. But it did not say, 'I'm hungry,' so it died.
7. True or false? "My children" is the indirect object in the quotation below:
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
TRUE
FALSE
8. True or false? "My kids" is the indirect object in the quotation below:
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
TRUE
FALSE
9. Select the indirect object.
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.
A. The Irish
B. the bagpipes
C. the Scotts
10. Select the answer without an indirect object.
A. Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
B. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
11. Select the indirect object:
I have bought your brother a bike.
A. bought
B. your brother
C. a bike
12. Select the indirect object:
Will you tell the children one of your scary stories?
A. you
B. scary stories
C. the children
13. Select the indirect object:
Give me that.
A. Give
B. me
C. that
14. Select the indirect object:
I will call the police if you do not give that bag back to her immediately.
A. the police
B. that bag
C. immediately
15. Select the indirect object:
I'll make you a nice strong coffee before you go to work.
A. strong coffee
B. you
C. to work
16. Select the second indirect object.
Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.
A. me
B. I
C. you
17. Select the indirect object in the sentence below:
Every prime minister has a responsibility to provide security for his people.
A. security
B. responsibility
C. his people.
18. Select the second indirect object.
My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams.
A. My mother
B. me
C. my father
19. True or false? "The truth" is an indirect object in the quotation below:
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
TRUE
FALSE
21. True or false? "Candle holder" is an indirect object in the quotation below:
I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.
TRUE
FALSE
21. True or false? The direct object of a verb is the thing being acted upon (i.e., the receiver of the action
TRUE
FALSE
22. True or false? You can find the direct object by finding the verb and asking "what?"
TRUE
FALSE
23. Select the direct object:
I bought a cake yesterday.
A. I
B. a cake
C. yesterday.
4. Select the direct object:
Gather your friends and get out.
A. Gather
B. your friends
C. get out
25. Select the direct object:
Take a breath before you jump in the water.
A. you
B. jump
C. Take a breath
6. Select the direct object:
Jack will find the treasure before the pirates.
A. Jack
B. the pirates
C. the treasure
27. Select the direct object:
I was not allowed coffee until I was 16.
A. I
B. 16.
C. coffee
28. Select the direct object in the sentence below:
Lauren built a sand castle at the beach.
A. Lauren
B. built
C. a sand castle
29. Select the direct object in the sentence below:
Michelle baked and decorated the birthday cake, which she was making for her father.
A. the birthday cake
B. making
C. father
30. Select the direct object.
I hate music, especially when it's played.
A. hate
B. music
C. played
31. When the direct object is a pronoun (e.g., I love "him.")
The pronoun is in what case?
A. Objective case
B. Subjective case
C. Possessive case
32. True or false? "Deadlines" is one of the direct objects in the quotation below:
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
TRUE
FALSE
33. True or false? "The world" is a direct object in the sentence below:
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
TRUE
FALSE
34. True or false? "His hand" is the direct object in the sentence below:
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
TRUE
FALSE
35. Select the direct object.
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
A. prejudices
B. everyone
C. free
36. Select the direct object in the sentence below:
Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.
A. Anyone
B. children and animals
C. all bad
37. Select the direct object in the sentence below:
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
A. Pleasure and action
B. the hours
C. short
38. Which of the following is a direct object in the sentence below:
Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?
A. Housework
B. but why
C. a chance
39. Select the second direct object.
Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
A. the petty things
B. the sweaty things
40. True or false? "Beaten" is the direct object in the sentence below:
If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.
TRUE
FALSE
