1. Direct Objects & Indirect Objects
Maintenance Sheet 14

2. What is a complement?
A complement is a word or a group of words that completes the meaning of a verb.
Example:
Subject Verb
-Neil Armstrong made [what?]
Subject Verb Complement
-Neil Armstrong made advances in moon exploration.

3. What is a direct object? Mini-Lesson
-Transitive Verb: the subject is performing the action that a direct object receives
-Intransitive Verb: the action is not passed to a receiver of the action
A direct object is a noun, pronoun, or group of words that tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
The direct object answers the question Whom? or What? after a transitive verb.

4. Examples I met Mrs. Lee. Please bring your ball, glove, and bat.
[I met Whom? I met Mrs. Lee. Mrs. Lee receives the action of the verb met.]
Please bring your ball, glove, and bat.
[Please bring What? Please bring your ball, glove, and bat. Ball, glove, and bat all receive the action of the verb bring.]

5. Things to Remember!
A linking verb cannot have a direct object. It does not express any action.
A direct object will never be in a prepositional phrase.
A direct object can have two or more objects.

6. Underline the direct object in each sentence.
Try These:
Directions:
Read each sentence.
Underline the direct object in each sentence.
Mary aced the serve to begin the tennis match.
My cousin plays tennis and coaches it.
Jordan brought the racket.
Did Chakarria play a match?
A player in training may practice four hours every day.

7. Let’s See How You Did! Mary aced the serve to begin the tennis match.
My cousin plays tennis and coaches it.
Jordan brought the racket.
Did Chakarria play a match?
A player in training may practice four hours every day.

8. What is an indirect object?
An indirect object is a noun, pronoun, or group of words that will sometimes appear in sentences that have direct objects.
Indirect Objects Tell:
To whom
To what
For whom
For what

9. Examples: The teacher brought her the handout.
[The pronoun her is the indirect object of the verb brought. It answers the question “To whom did the teacher bring the handout?”]
Zerrick left the teacher the handout.
[The noun teacher is the indirect object of the verb left. It answers the question “For whom did Zerrick leave the handout?”]

10. Things to Remember!
If the sentence has an indirect object, it will always have a direct object.
The indirect object is going to come between the verb and the direct object in a sentence.
An indirect object can have two or more objects.
An indirect object will never be in a prepositional phrase.

11. Try These The coach gave the players drills.
Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the indirect object in each sentence.
The coach gave the players drills.
The chorus sang us three songs.
My instructor sent me a birthday card.
Will you please save her a seat?
Our dance teacher taught us some French terms.

12. Let’s See How You Did The coach gave the players drills.
The chorus sang us three songs.
My instructor sent me a birthday card.
Will you please save her a seat?
Our dance teacher taught us some French terms.