UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA

INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES

Class: J2
Name: Jonnathan Ortiz
Date: 08/12/2015

PRONOUNS AS INDIRECT OBJECTS

When a pronoun is an indirect object, it should be in the objective case.

Example: Correct: I bought her an apple.

Incorrect: I bought she an apple.

In the example the direct object is apple

. The correct indirect object is her

. Which is the objective case. Using she as the indirect object is incorrect.

Fill in the blank with the correct pronoun.

1. Edward threw (he, him) him the ball.

2. The clerk gave my sister and (me, I) me the bags.

3. Travis painted (she, her) her a picture.

4. For the second time, Felicia told (them, they) them a joke.

5. Violet’s father bought (her, she) her the bike that (she, her) she wanted.

6. Alice and Vance’s mother made (they, them) them breakfast before school.

7. The teacher showed (us, we) us the map of the Netherlands.

8. (Them, They) They built (we, us) us new swimming pool.