Choose the sentence which contains an indirect object.
a. i worked hard each day.
b. they gave me a bonus.
c. I spent it immediately.
d. it is difficult to save money.
"They gave you a bonus" is the sentence which contains an indirect object.
There is no indirect object; the direct object is 'it' (immediately is an adverb modifying the verb spent).
Not exactly, but the subject of a passive sentence can be the indirect object of the equivalent active sentence--e.g. "Martha" in "Martha was given a rose by George" would be the indirect object in "George gave Martha a rose."
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.)
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.
"They gave you a bonus" is the sentence which contains an indirect object.
"They gave me a bonus" is the sentence which contains an indirect object.
"They gave you a bonus" is the sentence which contains an indirect object.
they gave me a bonus
There is no indirect object; the direct object is 'it' (immediately is an adverb modifying the verb spent).
The sentence 'Tim invited you to a soccer game' is neither an indirect object nor a direct object. It is a sentence. It CONTAINS an indirect object ('a soccer game') and a direct object ('you'). It also contains a subject ('Tim'), a verb ('invited'), and a preposition ('to').
There is no indirect object in the sentence "we recycle newspapers." The sentence contains a subject "we," a verb "recycle," and a direct object "newspapers."
No. You-subject. Spent-verb. It-direct object. ly- adverb.
Which of these sentences contains an indirect object? *
Traditionally, the Direct Object is defined as the noun that immediately follows the verb (more precisely, the noun in the noun phrase that immediately follows the verb phrase). An indirect object is any noun that does NOT belong to the noun phrase immediately following the verb phrase. In the sentence above, 'license' (from the noun phrase "my license") would be the Indirect Object.
This sentence is an indirect quotation - James said that he is a garbologist. An indirect quotation, sometimes called indirect speech or reported speech, reports someone's words without quoting word for word eg A direct quotation or direct speech gives the exact words of a speaker or writer, with quotation marks: James said " I am a garbologist".
He asked her to open the door.(indirect sentence) He asked her:"Please, open the door" (direct sentence)