Whats the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?

Question

Thanks so much!!

Answer 1

In a sentence the Subject is the one that does the action.

the one that is acted upon is the direct object.

the that receives the action is the indirect action.

usually you can recognize the indirect object because it is preceeded by the word "to"

for example :

I gave the banana to the monkey.

Now to confuse things, sometimes we reorganize the sentence. We say: I gave the monkey the banana.

Usually if there is no "to" in the sentence, usually the first noun is the indirect object, and the second is the direct object.

Hope this helps

Bryan

Answer 2

Direct object -- directly receives the action of the verb

Indirect object -- precedes the "direct object," and receives it as the party to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done.

Examples:
I broke the pencil.
* "broke" is the verb
* "pencil" is the "direct object" which receives the action
(the "pencil" is the object that was "broken").

I gave Mother the pencil.
* "gave" is the verb
* "pencil" is still the "direct object" which receives the action
(the pencil is the object that was "given")
* Mother is the "indirect" object
The person or object to whom
the "pencil" (direct object) was "given" (verb)

I read you the book.
* "read" is the verb
* "book" is the direct object (that is being read)
* "you" is the indirect object (person to whom the book is read)