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Honors 9 Direct and Indirect Objects Pronoun Case Direct Objects • Definition: a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or shows the result of the action • Answers the questions – "What?" or "Whom?" after an action verb. • Example: Howard hit the ball. Subject Verb Direct Object Direct Objects • The cow ate the grass. Subject Verb Direct Object • Joe and Jane finished the worksheet. Subjects Verb Direct Object Indirect Objects • Definition: identifies to, for whom, or what the action of the verb is performed • An indirect object is always a noun or pronoun which is not part of a prepositional phrase. • Example: Howard hit Chase the ball. Subject Verb Indirect Direct Object Object Indirect Objects • We will make the man an offer. Subject Verb Indirect Object Direct Object • The cook baked the children cookies. Subject Verb Indirect Object Direct Object Please note: • Not all action verbs will take a direct object, and not all direct objects will take an indirect object. – He wrote thoughtfully. • (no direct object) – He wrote a letter. • (direct object - letter; no indirect object) – He wrote his friend a letter. • (direct object - letter; indirect object - friend) Trickiness: Prepositional Phrases • Notice the difference in these two sentences: – Our family eats at the restaurant. • (S-V-Prep. Phrase) – Our family eats dinner at the restaurant. • (S-V-DO-Prep. Phrase) • Remember that a noun (restaurant) in a prepositional phrase (at the restaurant) is the object of a preposition, and is therefore NOT a direct object. How do pronouns fit in here? • Well, we use different pronouns depending on the purpose of the pronoun in a sentence. • Sally is not necessarily always replaced with “she.” • If you need a subject pronoun, use “she.” • If you need an object pronoun, use “her.” Pronoun Case Subjects Objects Possession I me my (mine) you you your (yours) his, her (hers), it (its) he, she, it him, her, it we us our (ours) they them their (theirs) who whom whose Pronoun Case Practice • Her and her mom went to the mall. • Needs a subject ->She and her mom went to the mall. • He gave the flowers to Jane and I. • Needs an object ->He gave the flowers to Jane and me. Subjects Objects I me you you he, she, it him, her, it we us they them who whom Extra Tips • Pronouns used in prepositional phrases take on the object form. – I wanted to go to the mall with him (not he). – To whom (not who) should I address this? • Pronouns following linking verbs will take on the subject case. – It is I –It was she –Was it he?