- ask whom Whom does 3. ask what What do the
Sara like? girls find?
The direct object is my brother The direct object is book.
Nouns are sometimes indirect objects. They stand before the direct object in the sentence. It is the
person to whom or for whom something is provided. To find the indirect object in a sentence
do three things:- Find the subject of the sentence.
- Find the verb in the sentence.
- Ask to whom or for whom with the subject and the verb.
Look at these sample sentences:
“Justin buys the girl a magazine.” “Mother gives Nate five dollars.”- subject Justin 1. subject Mother
- verb buys 2. verb gives
- ask to whom or for whom For 3. ask to whom or for whom To whom
whom does Justin buy a magazine? does Mother give five dollars?
The indirect object is girl. The indirect object is Nate.Note: It is rare that something inanimate is used as an indirect object.
When a noun is used as a predicate noun, it follows the predicate in the sentence. The predicate
can be a single verb or a verb phrase:Verb as the predicate: Maria helpsus.
Verb phrase as the predicate:Maria usually helps with the gardening.Predicate nouns most often follow the verbs to beand to become:
My mother wants to be a doctor.
Celine became an actress.
Are you the managerof this building?Look at the italicized word in each sentence. Decide how it is used, then write subject,direct object, indirect
object, or predicate nounin the blank.- Claudia likes Bret.
- The boysfound some money.
- The girls found some money.
- My father is an engineer.
- I sent my sistera telegram.
- Tomas buys Serenathree red roses.
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