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How can you convert direct sentences into indirect sentences?
To convert direct sentences into indirect sentences, you typically need to change the pronouns, tense, and sometimes the word order to reflect the speaker's perspective. For example, "He said, 'I am going to the store'" could be changed to "He said that he was going to the store." Remember to introduce a reporting verb like "said that" or "told" to signal the change to indirect speech.
How can you convert indirect sentences into direct sentences?
add a exclamation point
Can you give 5 examples of sentences with direct and indirect object?
give 5 sentences of direst object
Does there have to be an indirect object if there is a direct object?
No, a sentence can have a direct object without an indirect object. The direct object is the receiver of the action, while the indirect object is the recipient. They serve different roles in a sentence.
How do you know if its a direct object or indirect object?
A direct object directly receives the action of the verb, while an indirect object is affected by the action indirectly. To identify the direct object, ask "what?" or "whom?" after the verb. To identify the indirect object, ask "to whom?" or "for whom?" after the verb.
What is direct expenses and indirect expenses?
what is direct and indirect expense
Which are the secondary sentences elements?
object direct object,indirect object,subject complement,bject complement,adverbial adjuncs
What sentences contains an indirect object?
Cindy handed Lulu an ice cream.ice cream is the direct object. If we ask the question what was handed the answer is ice cream.Lulu is the indirect object. The indirect object is the one that can be turned round and expressed with to or for.Cindy handed an ice cream to Lulu.Sentences cannot have an indirect object without a direct object.
How do you use her as an indirect object?
I gave her the love letter. Or, I gave the love letter to her.In both sentences, the direct object of the verb 'gave' is the noun 'letter' and the indirect object is the pronoun 'her'.
What are direct objects and indirect objects?
A direct object has something done to it, for example:She ate the carrot.We passed the exam.In the above sentences, "the carrot" and "the exam" are direct objects. They are very common in both spoken and written English.An indirect object is another noun or pronoun governed by the verb, but not in the same direct way. This is much clearer with a few examples. In the sentences below, the indirect object is bold, and the direct object italicized:Give me your phone number.Tell your sister the answer to the first question.Please find the dog a new kennel.The indirect object can generally be replaced using a preposition:Give your phone number to me. ["To me" is a prepositional phrase.]Please find a new kennel for the dog. ["For the dog" is a prepositional phrase.]and a direct object is usually a name of a thing and an indirect object is a name of a person
What parts of a sentence can a noun or pronoun function as?
Nouns and pronouns act as the subject, the direct object, or the indirect object of sentences, phrases, and clauses.
When do you say direct and indirect?
Hereunder several example of the employ of "direct" as an adjective: direct consequence, direct descendant, direct action, direct discourse or speech (British), direct evidence, direct cost. You can also use it to mean: frank, open, sincere; a direct answer, a direct way of doing things. "Direct" as an adverb: I shall write to you direct, the train goes direct to Boston . Several examples of the employ of "indirect" as an adjective: an indirect route, to make an indirect reference, to answer a question in an indirect way, indirect cost, indirect object, indirect discourse or speech (British).
