Please, copy the following info about

Direct Objects into your DGP Notebook.

The direct object is not the subject of the sentence, it’s the noun receiving the action. The object isn’t doing anything, it’s having something done to it. A sentence doesn’t need a direct object to be a sentence.

A transitive verb takes a direct object (She bit me) as opposed to an intransitive verb, which doesn’t (He swam home) or (He swam in the pool).

In the dictionary, a tran-sitive verb is indicated by vt, and intransitive verb by vi.

Example: Chloe threw the flowers.

Explanation: Jenny is the subject; she’s the one doing the throwing. Flowers is the object; they aren’t doing anything, but something is being done to them—they are being thrown.

Example: Ava and Amanda feared the test on Friday.In this sentence ask yourself, “Feared what or who?” Answer: the test. So “test” is the direct object. Remember: The noun doing the action is the subject. The noun receiving the action is the direct object.

Underline the subject, circle the verb, box-in the direct object, and double underline the prepositional phrase.Underline the subject, circle the verb, box-in the direct object, and double underline the prepositional phrase.

Example: 50 Cent threw kisses to Amani upon her mother’s orders.

Underline the subject, circle the verb, box-in the direct object, and double underline the prepositional phrase.

In this sentence ask yourself, “Threw what?” Answer: kisses. So “kisses” is the direct object of the verb threw.

To help you find the direct object, first eliminate the prepositional phrases.

50 Cent threw kisses to Amani her mother’s orders.

Only nouns that are not the subject can be direct objects. By eliminating prepositonal phrases (which always end in a noun), it makes finding the direct object much easier.

Example: Ethyn and Connor gagged the principal then stole her car.

In this sentence ask yourself, “Who did they gag?” Answer: the principal. Also, ask yourself, “What did they steal?” Answer: her car.

Remember: The noun doing the action is the subject. The noun receiving the action is the direct object.

Underline the subject, circle the verb, box-in the direct object, and double underline the prepositional phrase.

Example: Clara loves Starbucks.Ask yourself: What did Clara love? Answer. Starbucks. So, Starbucks

is the direct object because it is receiving the action of being loved.

Here’s another one:Example: Chris and George

robbed a store and stole a Justin Bieber CD.

Ask Yourself: What did they rob?Answer: a store. So, store is the

direct object of rob because it is receiving the action of being robbed.

Ask yourself: What did they steal?Answer: a Justin Bieber CD. So, a

Justin Bieber CD is the direct object of steal because it is receiving the action of being stolen.

Please, copy the following info about

Indirect Objects into your DGP Notebook.”

You need a direct object to have an indirect object. An indirect object is really an understood prepositional phrase.

Example: Emily threw Richard the flowers.

Answer: Flowers is the direct object, and Richard is the indirect object

Ask yourself: “What did the subject throw?”

Answer: flowers Ask yourself, “To whom did the

subject throw the flowers?”Answer: to RichardExplanation: By answering “to

Richard,” it is an understood prepositional phrase because the word “to” is not in the sentence.

Remember, an indirect object is really an understood prepositional phrase. It names the person (or thing) to whom (or to what) or for whom (or for what) something is done.

However: When the word naming the indirect receiver of the action is contained in a prepositional phrase, it is no longer considered an indirect object.

Example: Jason gave her a diamond.

Ask yourself: “Gave what?”Answer: a diamond. Therefore,

diamond is receiving the action of being given and is the direct object.

Ask yourself, “To whom or what was the diamond given?”

Answer: to her. Her is the indirect object.

Example: Jason put on an expensive coat for her.

Ask yourself, “Put what?” Answer: There is no logical

answer, so the verb is intransitive and “her” is the object of the preposition “for.” Sorry, but it gets tricky some times.