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Name_________________________________________________ Date____________________ Poetry Collection 5: Basho, Anonymous, Lillian Morrison Poetry Collection 6: Soseki, Anonymous, Dorthi Charles Integrated Language Skills: Grammar Subject Complements: Direct and Indirect Objects Most sentences need words beyond a subject and a verb to complete their meaning. Direct objects and indirect objects complete ideas and make sentences more specific. A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb and answers the question Whom? or What? They recited their poems. What was recited? their poems Poems receives the action of the verb recited. The teacher greeted them. Greeted whom? them Them receives the action of the verb greeted. An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that names the person or thing to whom or for whom an action is done. An indirect object answers the question To or for whom? or To or for what? She sent him a poem. To whom? him What? a poem The indirect object is him. The direct object is poem. He wrote his grandmother and grandfather a limerick. For whom? grandmother and grandfather What? a limerick The compound indirect object is grandmother and grandfather. The direct object is limerick. A. PRACTICE: Underline the direct object once. Underline the indirect object twice. Then, write the question each object answers: • What? • To whom? • For whom? 1. The new student gave the teacher his haiku. Direct object answers _____________________ Indirect object answers__________________ 2. The nurse offered Sally a cellphone. Direct object answers _____________________ Indirect object answers _________________ 3. Her mother sent the teacher a note about Sally’s absence from school. Direct object answers _____________________ Indirect object answers _________________ B. Writing Application: Write four sentences about a shopping trip. Tell what you and an adult family member buy. Include a direct object and an indirect object in every sentence. Underline the direct objects once and the indirect objects twice. You may want to use some of the following verbs: bought, gave, showed, paid, sold, asked, found. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Grade 6 Unit 4 1