Object

Direct VS Indirect
 Objects
• I want to drive the car this time.
• He watches TV with her.
• She phones me.
• He runs with us.
- ( Car, Her, TV, Me, Us) are objects.
- Object is someone or something who or
which does not do anything but rather
receives the action of the subject.
 There are two kinds of objects
Direct object Indirect object

• Direct Object of a verb is the • The indirect object is the

thing being acted upon.
He watches a TV program
• It an be found by finding the
verb and asking (what or
whom?)
I don’t have a bank account.
• Direct objects can be pronouns:
I met her.
recipient or beneficiary of the
action.
- give me the ball.
• It can be found by finding the
verb and the direct object and
asking (for or to whom?)
-give them the money.
• indirect objects can be
persons or pronouns
-I gave her the ball.
 Direct
• It can be complicated :
-The cat wants to eat our
goldfish.
(step1: find the verb=wants)
(step2: Ask wants what? To eat
our goldfish)
-Her cat is recovering from a
massive stroke.
Indirect
-Never tell people how to do
things.
(Ask: tell what? How to do
things, to whom? People)
-Give a girl the right shoes. And
she can conquer the world
 Objects of preposition
A noun or a pronoun following a preposition is
called object of a preposition
- Lee lives near Brighton.
- He lives among us.
-He lives among his old friends
- You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by
his way of eating jellybeans.
- I saw a documentary on how ships are kept
together. (noun clause)
• There are some verbs that do not take objects,
but they are followed by a subject
complement.
- You are funny. I will kill you last.
- He is happy.
More examples:
Driving a time machine is annoying.
Watching the London marathon, I notice one
runner dressed as a chicken and another as an
egg.
 Who or whom
• Who is never an object but whom is always
object, So, use who for a subject but whom for
an object
- The paper slates whom?
- Show whom the money?
- Who shot whom?
A sentence can not have an indirect object
without having a Direct object.
 Direct, indirect
• I have ordered your brother an extra serving
of rice
• Show me the man who keeps his house from
danger.
• Tell them nothing
• Lee loves pies
• Never tell everything at once.
• Jess took a painkiller.
• Life is hard. After all, it kills you
• I will give you my tickets to the show
Here is a list of personal pronouns with their objective-case versions:

Objective Case Version

Personal Pronoun
• I • Me
• you • you (no change)
• he • him
• she • Her
• it • it (no change)
• we • us
• they • Them
• who • whom
 Change to object pronouns
• I write letters to Mario.
• I have a birthday present for the children
• Call Dan and me tomorrow
• I send my parents a letter every week
• He drives the car
• I talk to Maria.
• I visit Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
• I have the books