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What questions would you ask yourself to find the indirect object in a sentence?
To find the indirect object in a sentence, you can ask yourself: To/For whom or what is the action of the verb being done? Who is receiving the direct object? Is there an object that is receiving the action indirectly?
What is the direct and indirect object of this sentence The teacher read the students a proverb at the end of the class?
Direct Object: "a proverb" Indirect Object: "The students" You know this because you can ask the following questions: Q: What is the teacher reading? A: A proverb Because the teacher is reading a proverb (and not the students), a proverb is the object. Q: To whom is she reading? A: The students Because the proverb is being read to the students, the students are the indirect object.
When and where can you find an indirect object in a sentence?
The indirect object always comes before the direct object. Also the indirect object can be made into a phrase using to or for.I gave the dog a bone. -- The verb is gave, if you ask the question what did I give? the answer is a bonethis is the direct object, the dog is the indirect object.I gave a bone to the dog. -- the indirect object is made into a phrase using to
How do you know if its a direct object or indirect object?
Direct objects answer the question "what" and Indierect object answer the question for whomI bought Jack a phone. I gave Jack the phone.In these sentences Jack is the indirect object. The indirect object goes before the direct object. Phone is the direct object.The indirect object can be changed into a phrase using toor for.I gave the phone to Jack.and:I bought a phone for Jack
What Pronoun is used to ask a direct or indirect question?
The pronouns used to ask questions are called interrogative pronouns.The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, what, which, whose.
What questions would you ask yourself to find the indirect object in a sentence?
To find the indirect object in a sentence, you can ask yourself: To/For whom or what is the action of the verb being done? Who is receiving the direct object? Is there an object that is receiving the action indirectly?
What are the two questions you ask to find a direct object?
who and what
Where is the direct and indirect object in the sentence will you please give the nurse a seat?
Seat is the direct object. To find a direct object, identify the subject and verb, and ask what? who?You is the subject, and give is the verb. What did you give? A seat.The indirect object is who or what receives the direct object. Who received the seat? The nurse. Nurse is the indirect object.
What four questions do indirect objects answer?
An indirect object doesn't ask, an indirect object tellswho or what gets the direct object. Example:Let's buy some flowers. What will we buy? Flowers, the direct object of the verb buy.Let's buy mom some flowers. What will we buy? Flowers, the direct object. And, who gets the direct object (flowers)? Mom gets the flowers; mom is the indirect object.An indirect object can follow the verb, coming before the direct object; or the indirect object can be the object of a preposition: Let's buy some flowers for mom.
What are the questions you must ask of the verb to find the indirect object?
Does the verb do something to or for the object? Really, a better question is if the sentence can be reworded to include a preposition.Example: Mark gave Louis the book.Louis is the indirect object because the book, the direct object/ what the verb is acting on, is being given TO him.You can rewrite it as: Mark gave the book to Louis. *Keep in mind that in this form, "Louis" is an object of a preposition, but changing the sentence helps to identify the direct object, and therefore the indirect object.
What is the direct and indirect object of this sentence The teacher read the students a proverb at the end of the class?
Direct Object: "a proverb" Indirect Object: "The students" You know this because you can ask the following questions: Q: What is the teacher reading? A: A proverb Because the teacher is reading a proverb (and not the students), a proverb is the object. Q: To whom is she reading? A: The students Because the proverb is being read to the students, the students are the indirect object.
What is the direct and indirect object in the following sentence your parents promised you riding lessons at the local stable?
Here is how to find the direct object:First, find the verb. In this sentence, the verb is is "PROMISED"Then ask "promised WHAT?" The answer will be the DIRECT OBJECT of that verb.Here they promised riding lessonsThen ask "to WHOM?" The answer will be the INDIRECT OBJECT of the verb.Here the riding lessons were promised to you.So the answer is:Direct object: riding lessonsIndirect object: you
When and where can you find an indirect object in a sentence?
The indirect object always comes before the direct object. Also the indirect object can be made into a phrase using to or for.I gave the dog a bone. -- The verb is gave, if you ask the question what did I give? the answer is a bonethis is the direct object, the dog is the indirect object.I gave a bone to the dog. -- the indirect object is made into a phrase using to
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 know if its a direct object or indirect object?
Direct objects answer the question "what" and Indierect object answer the question for whomI bought Jack a phone. I gave Jack the phone.In these sentences Jack is the indirect object. The indirect object goes before the direct object. Phone is the direct object.The indirect object can be changed into a phrase using toor for.I gave the phone to Jack.and:I bought a phone for Jack
How do you use a writer in a sentence as an indirect object?
He gave a gold coin. -- in this sentence the direct object is gold coin.He gave the beggar a gold coin. -- in this sentence the beggar is the indirect object.Another example:My brother gave his girl friend some roses. -- to find the direct object ask the question - what did my brother give? - the answer is roses so roses is the direct object. His girlfriend is the indirect object.The indirect object often comes after for or to.He called a taxi for me.My brother gave some roses to his girlfriend.
What Pronoun is used to ask a direct or indirect question?
The pronouns used to ask questions are called interrogative pronouns.The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, what, which, whose.
