Direct & Indirect Objects?
I’m having some trouble w/ direct, and indirect objects [grammar]. Could you help me? Can you explain it to me in an easy way to understand?
Some questions:
Identify if the bold faced word as Direct Object [DO], Indirect Objects [IO], or none [N
1. A hurricane is a powerful, swirling storm (storm is boldfaced)
2. Meteoroligists watched a big storm carefully (storm)
3. Newscasters gave their listeners warnings about the hurricane.(listeners)
4. The hurricane struck land in the morning. (land)
5. The hurricane winds swirled around the eye of the storm. (storm)
6. The hurrican caused huge waves. (waves)
7. The waves produced widespread floods. (floods)
8. The floodwaters destroyed many people’s property. (property)
9. Television newscasts showed their audiences pics of the storm. (audiences)
10. Volunteers sent the hurricane victims emergency supplies. (victims)
Thanks, if you don’t want to answer the q’s, s’ok, but pleaseee explain it to me clearly.
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5 comments
Jessica E on May 3, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Objects, whether direct or indirect, are nouns or pronouns. The best thing to do to find them is to break down the sentence into subject and verb. However, it’s best to remember that Direct Objects are not used with linking verbs, so check out the verb before you do anything.
1. A hurricane is a powerful, swirling storm
Verb? is
Is, is a linking verb. Therefore, the answer is none. If your having trouble figuring out what the linking verb is, try adding ing to the end. If it works, continue, if it doesn’t, it’s a linking verb.
2. Meteoroligists watched a big storm carefully
Verb? Watched. You can go watching, something, so continue.
Subject? Who or what watched? the Meteorologist.
Now, what did they watch? They watched the storm. Storm, is the direct object. There is no indirect object because there is now for whom anything was done.
3. Newscasters gave their listeners warnings about the hurricane
Verb? gave. It’s a action verb because something can be given.
Subject. Who gave? The newscasters.
What did they give? Warnings. Disregard about the hurricane as that is a prepositional phrase. Warnings is the DO.
To whom were the warnings given? the listeners. Listeners are the ID.
Last one I’ll answer:
4. The hurricane struck land in the morning
Verb. struck. Is it an action verb? yes, because something can be struck.
Subject, what struck? the hurricane.
What did it strike? land. Land is the DO.
Remember to disregard in the morning because that’s a prepositional phrase. Also, remember that You might not always have an indirect object, but there will be a direct object (when the verb is an action-verb).
Hope that helped!
Jen on May 3, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Direct objects are nouns that the subject is interacting with Directly. Like, She pet the dog. Dog is the Direct Object. Indirect object is when the subject is interacting with a noun indirectly using the direct object. "I gave my dad a guitar." Dad is the indirect object. Guitar is Direct Object.
Plant on May 3, 2010 at 11:49 pm
I’ll explain it to you. The indirect object is the noun being affected by the verb.
I give the person the paper.
-OR-
I give the paper to the person.
The direct object is the paper because it is being given to the person. It is not the other way around- I give the paper the person.
The indirect object is the person because he/she is the person the paper was given TO. The person is not directly affected by the verb, but the person is still connected to the verb.
If you want to find the direct object, ask yourself "What is given? "
mguardian_north on May 3, 2010 at 11:49 pm
1)direct
2)direct
3)indirect
4)direct
5)N
6)direct
7)direct
8)direct
9)indirect
10)indirect
ImmaRetard on May 3, 2010 at 11:49 pm
here are the answers:
1. storm (DO)
2. storm (DO)
3. listeners (IO)
4. land (DO)
5. storm (N)
6. waves (DO)
7. floods (DO)
8. property (DO)
9. audiences (IO)
10. victims (IO)
Usually when an noun or a noun+several words interrupts the direct object, the noun is the indirect object. (to be sure, cross out the indirect object or indirect object+several words and the sentence will still make sense) A direct usually is next to or close to the action verb, but sometimes there is no direct object or there is more than one direct object.