1. Indirect Object

2. D.O. I.O. S.C. SUB J PRED action linking

3. The indirect object is the noun or pronoun that is located between the action verb and the direct object and that is indirectly affected by the action. S-AVP-IO-DO We gave him the business.

4. Find the indirect object by asking: Subject + Verb + DO + to whom/for whom? We gave him the business. Ask, “We gave business to whom/for whom?” Answer: for him Him is the indirect object

5. Hamlet gave Polonius a sardonic interrogation. subj. AVP D.O.I.O.

6. From William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act III, Scene I: I never gave you aught. Pron. Adv. v. Pron. Subj. AVPI.O. D.O.

7. Not all sentences with a direct object will have an indirect object. For example: He threw the ball. He threw ball to whom/for whom? An indirect object isn’t present.