Objects

1. Objects Direct and Indirect

2. Objects • Objects are complements that do not refer to the subject. • Ex: Tiger Woods sank the putt. • [In this sentence, putt, does not describe the subject, also sank is an action verb, not a linking verb] • 2 kinds: • Direct • Indirect • **NEITHER IS IN A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE***

3. Direct Objects • The direct object of the verb is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of the action. It answers the question “what?” or “Whom?” after an action verb. • Dori asked Izzy about the game. • Her poem won an award.

4. Direct Objects • Identify the subject, verb, and DO of each sentence. Ask “what?” or “whom?” after the action verb. • Lucy visited me. • Germs cause illness. • They were taking snapshots. • I will be climbing the mountain. • Alexandria, in Egypt had the most famous library of ancient times. • The Roman emperor Augustus founded two public libraries.

5. Indirect Objects • An indirect object of the verb is a noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object and usually tells “to whom” or “for whom” (or “to what” or “for what”) the action of the verb is done. • EX: • DO: Sheila told a story. • IO: Sheila told the children a story.

6. Indirect objects • Practice: Identify the indirect object in each sentence. Ask, “to whom/for whom” or “to what/for what” to yield your answers: • Nataly knit her friend a sweater. • She showed me the rabbit’s burrow. • Lydia sold Freddy and me lemonade. • The complicated passageways of this building give our word for “a confusing maze of possibilities.” • In order to escape, Daedalus made Icarus and himself wings our of feathers and beeswax.