DIRECT (DO) INDIRECT (IO) OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS (OP)

Direct objects These nouns or pronouns receive the action of the verb. Ex. I threw the ball to the dog. Threw / AV Ball / DO Ask yourself threw who or what?? When a verb has a DO, it is called a transitive verb No DO? It’s called intransitive

Noun clauses Group of words w/a subject and verb that acts like a NOUN. Can a noun clause be a DO? Yes! Ex. I love that my team won the game. What other jobs can a noun clause do?

Helpful Hints about DO’s You MUST have an AV to have a DO DO’s (almost) ALWAYS come after the verb – the exception would be in a question Not all action verbs have DO’s – these are called intransitive verbs Linking Verbs NEVER have DO’s!!

Indirect Objects (IO’s) Noun or pronoun that comes after the action verb but before the DO. Answers the question to whom? For whom? To what? For what? IMPORTANT: Only verbs with a DO can have an IO!!!

Examples Joe baked me a cake. What is the verb? DO? IO? Joe baked the cake for me. Always in this order… AV/IO/DO

Question?? Do you have to have an IO if you have a DO? NO! Do you have to have a DO if you have an IO? YES! So…the last word in a sentence can never be the IO!

Most important rule of all… Words in a prepositional phrase can NEVER be the IO or DO! Ex. The boy went to the store for milk. to the store – prep phrase For milk – prep phrase

Common Preps To for with At by from Of through under Over between above

Practice Time!

Write a sentence with a DO

Now write a CP one with a PA.

Now write a CP sentence with a PN

CP or CX with a transitive verb (do you remember what a transitive verb is?)