Indirect Objects vs. Direct objects

What Is an Indirect Object?

To understand an Indirect object lets us first understand what is Direct object. So, The Direct object is the main thing in the sentence that is being acted upon....

Indirect Object Examples

I asked him a question.                                  IO: HIM, DO: QuestionKabir gave Tulsi a lesson:                               IO: Tulsi, DO: LessonShe owes me an apology.                              IO: me. DO: ApologyYou are a singer, please sing us a song.         IO: Us. DO: Song...

How to find an Indirect Object

Whenever there are both direct and indirect objects in a sentence, and if you want to find out the Indirect object in a sentence, simply ask “who” the direct object is passed on to or “who is the recipient”. Ravi passed her the phone.Here, who is the recipient of the direct object “phone”? It is “her”, thus “Her” is the indirect object. Note: Indirect objects are placed right after the verb and before the direct thing.I passed him the parcel. This is to be kept in mind that indirect objects are not the object of prepositions. Example.  I proposed a plan to him. Here, “him” is not an indirect object but an object of the preposition, though here, the object of a preposition also answers “who”, but its placement is what makes the difference. So always remember indirect objects are placed right after the verb and before the direct object....

Indirect Object Pronouns

When it comes to pronouns, there are different kinds of pronouns available like subjective pronouns and objective pronouns. Subjective pronouns: I, You, He/She/It, We, TheyObjective Pronouns: Me, you, Him/Her/It, Us, Them Indirect object always takes objective pronouns. For example, Prabhat gave Ridhi a book. Here “Prabhat” is a subjective noun, and “Ridhi” is an objective Noun. And, now if we have to replace it with Pronouns then for “Prabhat” the pronoun “he” should be used assuming him male. And considering “Ridhi” female, we must use “her” instead of “she” as “Ridhi” is at an Indirect object location, and if at this place a pronoun has to be used then it should be an objective pronoun and thus, “Her” should be used. The statement after replacing it with pronouns will be: He gave her a book....

Indirect Object Phrases

So far, we have seen an Indirect object as a single word only, but an Indirect object can be both a noun and a noun phrase. I granted him some money. Here “him” is the Indirect object.  But let’s see this exampleThe bank granted a real-estate NRI businessman a 5000cr loan. Here, “real-estate NRI Businessman” is a noun phrase and this entire noun phrase is the indirect object. Indirect Objects vs. direct objects H2...

Indirect Objects vs. Direct objects

Indirect Object Direct Object The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object.  The direct object of a verb is the thing being acted upon Indirect objects can be found by finding who is the recipient.  Direct object can be found by asking “What” or “Whom” Indirect objects should be placed just after a verb and directly before direct objects.  Directly objects should be placed just after a verb.  E.g., Prashant gave his wife credit for his hard work.  E.g, Pooja will bring her niece home tomorrow....

Indirect Objects Quiz/Exercises

Que 1. True/False? The direct object is the recipient....

FAQ’s

Que 1. What is an indirect object...