Review Direct objects The direct object is the

Review Direct objects • The direct object is the receiver of the action in the sentence. It tells whom? or what? after an action verb. • For example, The boy broke the dish. Action Verb: broke Direct object: The boy broke what?

Direct objects The boy broke the dish. q He broke the dish. q The dish is the receiver of the action, therefore it is the direct object.

Indirect Objects q The indirect object is the secondary receiver of the action in the sentence. It tells to whom? Or for whom? the action was done. For example: Justin gave his girlfriend a diamond ring. Action verb: gave Direct object: Justin gave what? Justin gave a ring. Indirect object: To whom did Justin give the ring?

Indirect Objects Justin gave his girlfriend a diamond ring. q Justin gave a diamond ring to his girlfriend. q “Girlfriend” is the indirect object. q “Girlfriend” cannot be the direct object because Justin did not give his girlfriend. He gave a ring.

Indirect Objects • Example #2 Mandy told her sister a joke. q q Action Verb: told Direct Object: Mandy told what? Mandy told a joke. Indirect Object: To whom did she tell a joke?

Indirect Objects Mandy told her sister a joke. q Sister is the indirect object because that is whom Mandy told a joke to. q. Mandy told a joke to her sister.

Indirect Objects Example #3 He threw Billy the football. q Action Verb: threw q Direct object: He threw what? He threw a football. q Indirect object: To whom did he throw the football?

Indirect Objects He threw Billy the football. q He threw the football to Billy is the indirect object.

Practice • Dylan passed Richie the football. • Sara lent Sue her jacket. • Bill gave his brother a car.

Two Important Things to Remember About Indirect Objects q #1 -- An indirect object cannot exist without a direct object. Example: We gave him a bicycle. We gave him.

Two Important Things to Remember About Indirect Objects q #2– If the indirect object is between the action verb and direct object, • you can rearrange the sentence, • add to or for before the indirect object, and it will still make sense. q For example, Rachel bought her friends postcards. Rachel bought postcards for her friends.

Do Now • Write your own sentence that contains: q Action verb q Direct object q Indirect object q Prompts: Charlie sent … Allie gave … Sue bought … John mailed …

Review • Direct Object- The primary receiver of the action. It tells who? or what? after an action verb. • Indirect Object- The secondary receiver of the action. It tells to whom? or for whom? the action was done.