In this sentence, "Jerry was so happy because of his promotion", the direct object would be "his promotion." This is because it is the recipient of the action from the verb. "Happy" is a predicate adjective describing the subject, Jerry. No indirect object is found within this sentence.
Yes. The word 'me' is the indirect object. You can identify this because you can put the word 'to' in front of the word 'me' without changing the meaning. 'They gave a bonus (direct object) to me (indirect object).'
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"Man" is the indirect object.A sentence must have a direct object to contain an indirect object. The direct object is who or whatreceives the action of the verb. Sheila (subject) gave (verb) what? Sweater is the direct object. The indirect object is who or what receives the direct object. Who received the sweater? Man.
The boy kicked the ball. The boy is the subject, kicked is the verb and the ball is the direct object We drank water. We is the subject, drank is the verb and water the direct object. They sent him a letter. This is really They sent a letter to him. They is the subject, sent the verb and a letter is the direct object. to him is the indirect object.
love direct object
The object in the sentence is 'happy', a predicate adjective (also called a subject complement), an adjective that follows a linking verb that restates the subject (Jerry = happy).
An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object. For example, in the sentence "I gave the book to her," "her" is the indirect object because she is the recipient of the book (the direct object).
Yes. In fact, a sentence must have a direct object in order to have an indirect object. (Note, however, that some consider the subject of a sentence in the passive voice to be an "implicit" indirect object, because it the sentence is changed to the active voice, the subject in the passive voice will often become an indirect object in the active voice.)
It can be both it depends on how you use the word. I gave Cher the flowers - Cher is indirect object. The indirect object always goes before the direct object (the flowers). I like Cher - Cher is the direct object.
"You" can be either a direct or indirect object: It is a direct object in "I want to kiss you." It is an indirect object in "Henry is going to give you the tickets."
It kind of depends on the sentence, but typically it will be a direct object, because indirect objects are usually people or animals.
The direct object is "you"; the indirect object (I believe) is "this".
A direct or indirect object is a part of a sentence. A single word in isolation is neither a direct or indirect object. However, most nouns can be used in a sentence as either a direct or indirect object.
Direct- food Indirect- dog
I gave my dog a bone ('my dog' = indirect object; 'a bone' = direct object). They called me a taxi. (taxi - direct object, me- indirect object)
Yes. The word 'me' is the indirect object. You can identify this because you can put the word 'to' in front of the word 'me' without changing the meaning. 'They gave a bonus (direct object) to me (indirect object).'
This is how you can distinguish/recognize the indirect object from the direct object.The indirect object always goes before the direct object. (direct object is bold / indirect subject is italics)I gave Jim the book.The indirect object can be changed into a phrase beginning with to.I gave the book to Jim