1. INDIRECT OBJECTS BY EMMA LAMBERT AND OLIVIA LAFLAMME

2. VOCABULARY ACTION VERB- (NOUN) A WORD BELONGING TO THE PART OF SPEECH THAT IS THE CENTER OF THE PREDICATE AND WHICH DESCRIBES AN ACT OR ACTIVITY DIRECT OBJECT-(NOUN) A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS REPRESENTING THE PERSON OR THING UPON WHICH THE ACTION OF A VERB IS PERFORMED OR TOWARD WHICH IT IS DIRECTED: IN ENGLISH, GENERALLY COMING AFTER THE VERB, WITHOUT A PREPOSITION. INDIRECT OBJECT-(NOUN) A WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS REPRESENTING THE PERSON OR THING WITH REFERENCE TO WHICH THE ACTION OF A VERB IS PERFORMED, IN ENGLISH GENERALLY COMING BETWEEN THE VERB AND THE DIRECT OBJECT.

3. WHAT IS AN INDIRECT OBJECT AN INDIRECT OBJECT IS A NOUN PRONOUN, OR NOUN PHRASE THAT OCCURS IN ADDITION TO A DIRECT OBJECT AFTER SOME VERBS AND INDICATES THE PERSON OR THING THAT RECEIVES WHAT IS BEING GIVEN OR DONE OR A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT RECEIVES THE DIRECT OBJECT

4. A DIRECT OBJECT IS A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT RECEIVES THE ACTION OF A VERB IN A SENTENCE IT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHAT OR WHOM ABOUT THE VERB A SENTENCE CAN HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT AND NO INDIRECT OBJECT EX: BOB ATE CHICKEN Direct Object Refresher Subject Verb Direct Object

5. DIRECT OBJECT REFRESHER CONTINUED A DIRECT OBJECT ANSWERS WHOM OR WHAT. TRY THIS SENTENCE BELOW. THE CAR HIT THE TREE. THE DIRECT OBJECT IS TREE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASK WHOM OR WHAT. THE CAR HIT WHAT? THE CAR HIT THE TREE SO THERE FOR IT WOULD BE THE DIRECT OBJECT. action verb direct object

6. DIRECT WITH INDIRECT OBJECTS A SENTENCE MUST HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT TO HAVE AN INDIRECT OBJECT. IF THERE IS A DIRECT OBJECT, THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN INDIRECT OBJECT. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND SEE IF THERE IS AN INDIRECT OBJECT.

7. BRAIN POP REFRESHER DANNY SNUGGLED THE KITTEN Snuggled would be the verb because it is an action being done IM THINKING OF THROWING THE BALL Since action verbs can also be mental, there are two action verbs in the black sentence: thinking and throwing

8. BRAIN POP EXAMPLES TIMMY KICKS MADDIE THE BALL KICKS IS THE ACTION VERB THE DIRECT OBJECT QUESTION IS WHAT WAS BEING KICKED? THE DIRECT OBJECT IS THE BALL THE INDIRECT OBJECT QUESTION IS, WHO WAS THE BALL KICKED TO? THE INDIRECT OBJECT IS MADDIE MAGGIE GIVES THE DOG A HUG GIVES IS THE ACTION VERB TO FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT ASK, "WHAT DID SHE GIVE?" THE DIRECT OBJECT IS A HUG TO FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT ASK, "WHAT DID MAGGIE GIVE A HUG TO?" THE INDIRECT OBJECT IS THE DOG

9. MORE DETAIL ON INDIRECT OBJECTS TELLS TO WHOM OR TO WHAT OR FOR WHOM OR FOR WHAT THE ACTION OF THE VERB IS DONE SUBJECT ACTION VERB INDIRECT OBJECT DIRECT OBJECT SARAH SHOWED THE CLASS HER NEW GLASSES

10. HOW TO FIND AN INDIRECT OBJECT TO FIND AN INDIRECT OBJECT YOU NEED TO FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT AND ASK WHO OR WHAT IS RECEIVING THE ACTION VERB

11. HOW TO FIND AN INDIRECT OBJECT IN MORE DETAIL TO FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT, YOU MUST FIRST FIND THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB. IF THE VERB IS AN ACTION VERB, THEN THERE WILL BE A DIRECT OBJECT, OR AN INDIRECT AND DIRECT OBJECT. IF THE VERB IS LINKING, THEN THERE WILL NOT BE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT OBJECT. AFTER YOU FIND THE ACTION VERB, YOU NEED TO FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT. THEN YOU CAN FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT. ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT

12. DETAILED EXAMPLE EXAMPLE 1: TOM AND PEGGY ATE OMELETS FOR BREAKFAST. THE SUBJECT IS “TOM AND PEGGY,” AND THE VERB IS “ATE.” NEXT ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION “FOR WHAT?” ABOUT THE VERB “ATE.” WHAT DID THE SUBJECT, TOM AND PEGGY, EAT FOR? THEY ATE FOR BREAKFAST. THEREFORE, THE INDIRECT OBJECT IS “BREAKFAST.”

13. LABELED EXAMPLE NOUN VERB INDIRECT OBJECT DIRECT OBJECT DID SALLY SEND YOU THE EMAIL?

14. SAMPLE PROBLEMS ACTION VERB IN RED, DIRECT OBJECT IN GREEN, AND THE INDIRECT OBJECT IN BLUE. 1.DID SALLY TELL YOU ABOUT THE MEETING? 2. MAYA SHOULD HAVE SENT YOU THE LETTER ABOUT THE PARTY.

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