 An indirect object precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object. Indirect objects are usually found with verbs of giving or communicating like give, bring, tell, show, take, or offer. An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part of a prepositional phrase.

 Jim built Maria a house  Sammy and Maria brought Jim his gift  We told dad his cat died.

INDERECT OBJECTS: An indirect object precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object. Indirect objects are usually found with verbs of giving or communicating like give, bring, tell, show, take, or offer. An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part of a prepositional phrase.

 DIRECT OBJECTS:  A direct object will follow a transitive verb[a type of action verb]. Direct objects can be nouns, pronouns, phrases, or clauses. If you can identify the subject and verb in a sentence, then finding the direct object—if one exists—is easy. Just remember this simple formula.

› 1 Look at the sentence and decide what it is about. If you are having trouble with this, ask yourself who or what the action happening to. For instance, if the sentence is "Amy gave her friend the book." the subject is Amy. Why? Because she is the one doing the reading. › 2 Find the verb connecting the subject to what was done. In the example above, we know that Amy "read" which is the action of the sentence.

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