Indirect Objects

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Indirect Objects
Language Arts Mr. Vanden Bergh
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Indirect objects tell _______________ OR
________________the action of the verb applies.
for whom
for what
Ask yourself the question
For whom or for what am I doing this wonderful
thing?
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Step 1 Remove prepositional phrases
Step 2 Find the verb
Step 3 Ask what or whom after the verb
Step 4 Ask for whom or for what the cake was
baked
Example
Charlie baked his sister a cake
in the oven.
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The sentence contains an indirect object ONLY IF
there is a DO.
The IO must be between the verb and the DO
Bobby gave Jason his glove.
The pattern is ____________________
S AV IO DO
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Give these sentences a try.

• Sarah told her mom a great story about a
  princess.

The subject is ________
Sarah
The verb is _________
told
The DO is ________
story
The IO is _________
mom
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• The officer gave her the items that were stolen.

The subject is _______
officer
The verb is _________
gave
The DO is __________
items
The IO is __________
her
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• Teri quickly handed Shane buttons for the shirt
  in his suitcase.

The subject is _______
Teri
The verb is _________
handed
The DO is __________
buttons
The IO is __________
Shane
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Diagramming Sentences with an IO and a DO
Susan cooked her mother a meal.
Susan
cooked
meal
a
mother
her
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Find

• Indirect Object (IO)
• Direct Object (DO)
• Not every sentence will have a DO or IO

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16) I sent him a text message on Tuesday.

• DO message
• IO him

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17) Terry and I usually buy her a cake on her
birthday.

• DO cake
• IO her

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18) They quickly found all of the missing
materials.

• DO all
• IO none

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19) I left my mom a message on the phone.

• DO message
• IO mom

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20) The company offered my father a promotion.

• DO promotion
• IO father

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21) Ms. Stevens taught us the basics of
figurative language.

• DO basics
• IO us

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22) The robin in our yard fed its babies a big
meal in the nest.

• DO meal
• IO babies

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23) The children playfully built a huge snowman.

• DO snowman
• IO none

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24) We gave the other team handshakes after the
game.

• DO handshakes
• IO team

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25) The dog at the pet store barked at everyone
near the entrance.

• DO none
• IO none

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26) The entire class wrote our principal a letter.

• DO letter
• IO principal

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27) Show your aunt and uncle your new trophy.

• DO trophy
• IO aunt, uncle

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28) Can you lend me a dollar?

• DO dollar
• IO me

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29) Kara prepared a special treat for Michelle.

• DO treat
• IO none (for Michelle is a prepositional phrase)

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30) Lets give everyone another chance to win the
game.

• DO chance
• IO everyone

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Total Your Points!