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Please, copy the following
info about Direct Objects
into your English Notebook
under “Things That Make Ya
Go, Hmmm!”
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This Presentation is a partial of “Things that
make you go hmm”
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 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.
 Example: Jenny 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.
Underline the subject, circle the verb, box-in the direct
object, and double underline the prepositional phrase.
 Example:
50 Cent
threw kisses to
Lindsay upon her
mother’s orders.
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 Lindsay upon
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: Matt and Katie gagged
the principal then stole his car.
In this sentence ask yourself,
“Who did they gag?” Answer:
the principal. Also, ask yourself,
“What did they steal?” Answer:
his car.
Remember: The noun doing the
action is the subject. The
noun receiving the action is
the direct object.
Please, copy the following
info about Direct Objects
into your English Notebook
under “Things That Make Ya
Go, Hmmm!”
 Example: Tyler loves sushi.
 Ask yourself: What did Tyler
love?
 Answer. Sushi. So, sushi is the
direct object because it is receiving
the action of being loved.
 Here’s another one:
 Example: Mallory and Jarred robbed
a store and stole an
O-Town
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: an O-Town CD. So, an OTown CD is the direct object of
steal because it is receiving
the action of being stolen.
 You
need a direct object to have
an indirect object. An indirect
object is really an understood
prepositional phrase.
 Example: Alex threw David the
flowers.
 Answer: Flowers is the direct
object, and David 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 David
 Explanation: By answering “to
David,” 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.