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Do Now: Pick up a worksheet from the front and complete Practice 1. Get Excited!. Indirect objects are…. Nouns, pronouns, or word groups that often appear in sentences containing direct objects. If there is no direct object, there is no indirect object.
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Do Now: Pick up a worksheet from the front and complete Practice 1 Get Excited!
Indirect objects are… • Nouns, pronouns, or word groups that often appear in sentences containing direct objects. • If there is no direct object, there is no indirect object. • They tell to whom or to what (or for whom or for what) the action of a transitive verb is done. • They generally (not always) come between a verb and a direct object. Examples: Meli read us her report. [Meli read it to whom? Us.]
More Examples • They fed the horses some oats. [They fed oats to what? Horses.] • Juan left you this message. [Juan left it for whom? You.] • Carly knitted her pet dachshund a blanket. [Carly knitted it for what? Dachshund.]
If the word to or for is used, the noun or pronoun following it is part of a prepositional phrase and cannot be an indirect object. Ex: Jeff wrote a note to me. [Me is part of the prepositional phrase to me.] Jeff wrote me a note. [Me is the I.O.] • An indirect object may be compound. Ex: I called and left Sarah and Joe a message.
Practice: Identify the D.O. and I.O. in the sentences. Hint: Remember the steps… 1. Leroy told us his plans for the future. 2. He wants a place on the U.S. swim team in the next Olympic games. 3. This goal demands hours of hard practice. 4. Leroy swims 100 laps in the college pool. 5. Intense training could cost him his social life.
6. With his rigorous schedule, Leroy doesn’t have much time to spend with friends. 7. However, we all understand and give him much encouragement and support. 8. We can’t teach him the fine points of competitive swimming. 9. His coach does that. 10. Maybe we’ll see Leroy at the next Olympics.
