Identifying Direct & Indirect Objects:?

Question

I really am getting frustrated with these English exercises. can someone please help?

Directions: Identify the direct objects and indirect objects in the following sentences. Not all sentences contain indirect objects.

1. Last Summer, Leroy told us his plans for the future.
2. He wants a place on the U.S. swim team in the next Olympics game.

[& if u could please explain the difference between a direct obj. and indirect obj.]
THANK YOU!

Answer 1

Direct object: a noun or pronoun that receives the direct action of the verb (usually answer the question Who? or What?)

Indirect object: a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object (answers the questions "to whom/what?" or "for whom/what?")

So....

1. Last summer, Leroy told us his plans for the future.

What did Leroy tell? (direct object) his plans

To whom did he tell? (indirect object) us


2. He wants a place on the US swim team in the next Olympics game.

What does he want? (direct object) a place

To whom does he want it? (indirect object- which doesn't make sense in this sentence- therefore there is no indirect object).

Answer 2

The direct object is the word that gets the direct action of the verb.

John threw the ball.
Mary served some soup.
We studied our lessons.

"Ball," "soup," and "lessons" are the direct objects. The ball gets the direct action from the verb, "threw." Soup gets the action from the verb, "served." Lessons gets the action from the verb, "studied." Easy, so far, right?

The indirect object is who or what is indirectly affected by the action of the verb.

John threw me the ball.
Ball is still the direct object. That is what got thrown. But "me" is the indirect object, indirectly affected by that action.

Mary fixed her brother some soup.
Soup is still the direct object. It is what got fixed. "Brother" is the indirect object, indirectly affected by her action.

The indirect object (if there is one) will always come between the verb and the direct object. It is always a noun or pronoun. So, if the sentence says, "John threw the ball to me," there is no indirect object. In this case, there is a prepositional phrase, "to me," and the word "me" is the object of the preposition.

In sentence 1, "plans" is the direct object. That is what gets the action of the verb, "told." The pronoun "us," between the verb and the direct object is the indirect object that is affected by the action of the verb.

In sentence 2, "place" is the direct object. It is the object that gets the action of the verb, "wants." But you can see that there is no noun or pronoun between the verb and the direct object, so there is no indirect object. There are just two prepositional phrases tacked on the end.

Don't you wish you had me for your English grammar teacher?:)

Answer 3

A direct object is the receiver of action within a sentence. "Ball" is the direct object In the sentence, "He threw Mary the ball." The indirect object identifies to or for whom or what the action of the verb is performed. "Mary" is the indirect object in the sentence above. The direct object and indirect object are different people or places or things. Try putting a preposition in the sentence to help differentiate between the direct and indirect objects. For example, in the sample sentence, it makes sense if you add "to" before "Mary," as in "He threw the ball to Mary." (Here "Mary " becomes the object of the preposition, but in the original sentence it is the indirect object.)

1. "Plans" is the direct object; "us" is the indirect object.
2. "Place" is the direct object; there is no indirect object--all the other nouns in the predicate are objects of the prepositions "on" and "in."

Answer 4

Ok, lets say you have a sentence:

She gave the letter to him.

We know that "she" is the subject, and "gave" is the verb. "She gave" would make a sentence, but direct and indirect objects make a sentence COMPLETE.

generally, d.o.'s answer the question "who", "whom", or "what". So, though "She gave" IS a sentence, when we ask "What did she give?", the answer is "the letter. Hence, "the letter" is the d.o. of your sentence.

Now, an i.o. will make the sentence even more complete. Yes, "She gave the letter" IS a sentence, but i.o.'s answer "to whom?", "for whom?", and "for what". In this case, "to him" would be your i.o.

As far as your sentences, answer these questions"

1. Leroy told who? That's your d.o. What did Leroy tell your d.o.? That's your i.o.
2. He wants what? d.o. I don't think there's an i.o in this sentence, though I might be wrong.

Answer 5

direct is a the end and r u sure u dont go to school with me because i swear we had these same exact questions in our textbook

Answer 6

a million. Direct merchandise = ball. Obj of the preposition "for the time of" = playground. 2. direct gadgets = jokes & thoughts. 3. Direct merchandise = animals. "summer season" is the item of the preposition "in". 4. Dir Obj = social gathering. oblique merchandise = Her. 5. Direct merchandise = sister & me. 6. Direct obj = tub. oblique obj = canines. merchandise of preposition "on" is "Saturday". 7. Direct obj = Jim. merchandise of preposition "to" is "camp". 8. Dir obj = e book. oblique obj = "him" 9. Minneapolis is the item of the preposition "to". merchandise of the preposition "at" is "artwork". terrific of success to you! i think of it somewhat is tremendously precise - according to risk not a hundred%, yet very close, i think of.