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Direct and Indirect Object

 
What is Object? 
- An object is the person or thing that receives the action. 
- Usually, the object comes after the verb. 
- An object of a sentence can be noun, pronoun or a noun phrase on which the action is being performed. 
- Object pronouns include - Me, him, her, it, us, them, you, whom. 

- Example:
Vidya eats an apple. 
In this example, object is the "apple", because it is being acted upon. 

- Another easy way to find object is to find the verb in a sentence and then ask question words What/Whom to identify the object. 
From the above example we can find that verb is "eats".
Find the object by asking - What does Vidya eat?
Answer: Apple. 

Objects can be further classified into two types:
1. Direct Object
2. Indirect Object

1. Direct Object:
A direct Object is a noun or a pronoun that receives the action of a verb directly. 
- Ask question -> What/Who/Whom to the verb to identify the direct Object. 
- It is possible that a sentence with a direct object may or may not have indirect object. 

2. Indirect Object
An indirect object is a noun or a pronoun that receives the action through the direct object of a sentence. 
- Ask question ->  to Whom/for Whom/for What the action of the verb is performed. 
- There can't be an indirect object without a direct object. 
- Indirect object comes first in a sentence. We can also put direct object first, but in that case we have to use a suitable preposition like to, for, from etc. before the indirect object. 

Example
1. Neha sent him a gift. 
In this example -
Neha - Subject
sent - Verb
him - Indirect object (For whom did Neha send a gift?) 
a gift - Direct object (What did Neha sent him?) 

2. Riya passed Krish the cake. 
In this example -
Riya - Subject
Passed - Verb
Krish - Indirect object (Who received the cake?) 
the cake - Direct Object (What did Riya pass?) 

3. The postman gave a letter to Gaurav. 
In this example we can see that direct object "letter" comes first and preposition "to" is used before the indirect object "Gaurav".
The postman - Subject
gave - Verb
a letter - Direct object
to - Preposition
Gaurav - Indirect object. 


Identify the direct and indirect object from the given examples -
1. Vaishnavi gave her friend a storybook. 
2. Ram gave his wife a diamond ring. 
3. Aditya told his sister a joke. 
4. Gauri gave her pencil yo Shruti. 
5. My mother gave me some fruits to eat. 
6. Please bring me that file. 
7. She asked the teacher a question. 
8. The postman gave Gaurav a letter. 
9. They made a cake for her. 
10. Bhairavi gave me a book. 


Answers
1. Vaishnavi gave her friend a storybook. 
Direct object - a storybook
Indirect object - her friend

2. Ram gave his wife a diamond ring. 
Direct object - a diamond ring
Indirect object - his wife

3. Aditya told his sister a joke. 
Direct object - a joke
Indirect object - his sister

4. Gauri gave her pencil to Shruti. 
Direct object - pencil
Indirect object - Shruti

5. My mother gave me some fruits to eat. 
Direct object - fruits
Indirect object - me

6. Please bring me that file. 
Direct object - file
Indirect object - me

7. She asked the teacher a question. 
Direct object - a question
Indirect object - the teacher

8. The postman gave Gaurav a letter. 
Direct object - a letter
Indirect object - Gaurav

9. They made a cake for her. 
Direct object - a cake 
Indirect object - her

10. Bhairavi gave me a book. 
Direct object - a book
Indirect object - me

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