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Direct and Indirect Objects – Some verbs can stand alone in a sentence, and the sentence will still make sense. • Jim runs. • Sally ate. • Bill cried. – Yet, there are quite a few verbs that can’t stand alone. Most of the time, these verbs need another word or phrase to make the sentence complete. • Jim bought. [What?] • Sally gave [What?] • Bill threw. [What?] – A noun or a pronoun that receives the action of a verb is called the direct object. – An action verb in combination with a direct object will often make the sentence complete. • Jim bought candles [candles is the direct object] • Sally gave four dollars to the Salvation Army. [dollars is the direct object] • Bill threw the ball. [ball is the direct object]. • Bill threw it. [it is a direct object] o Remember that that there is a clear difference between a subject and direct object. A direct object receives the action, whereas the subject is performing the action [where an action verb is involved]. o Indirect objects answer the question to what or for whom the action is completed. An indirect object always comes before the direct object. I lent Sally my tools. I lent Sally my tools. I cooked Bob a nice dinner