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Direct and Indirect Objects Worksheets
Direct and Indirect Objects Worksheets
Object Notes
Direct and Indirect Objects
A direct object (DO) is a noun or pronoun that receives
the action of an action verb. A direct object answers
the question whom or what following the verb.
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Direct & Indirect Objects
Not all verbs take objects. Linking verbs do not take
objects. Some, but not all, action verbs do take abjects.
Those action verbs that take object are called
transitive verbs.
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Direct & Indirect Objects
An indirect object (IO) is a noun or pronoun that
follows the action verb and answers the question to
whom, for whom, to what or for what, following the
action verb.
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Identifying Direct & Indirect Objects
Be able to identify the direct and indirect objects in the
following sentences.