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 This example answers <i>to whom</i> Johnny threw the tennis ball. If a sentence has an indirect object, it must also have a direct object. This sentence's direct object is "the tennis ball," because it answers <i>what</i> Johnny threw.
-Generally, the subject is completing an action, the direct object is being acted on, and the verb is in the active voice. Also, it is important to remember that not all sentences will have direct or indirect objects.
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