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What is the difference between a direct object and an indirect object?: Difference between revisions
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== Objects: Direct vs. Indirect == | == Objects: Direct vs. Indirect == | ||
What is an Object? | '''What is an Object?''' | ||
An object is a word in a sentence placed after a verb that gives the verb additional meaning. Objects can be nouns, pronouns, or a group of words acting as a noun or pronoun. Objects are also classified as '''direct''' or '''indirect'''. | |||
Direct Object | '''Direct Object''' | ||
An easy way to determine if there is a direct object is to set apart the verb from the rest of the sentence and ask the question | An easy way to determine if there is a direct object is to set apart the verb from the rest of the sentence and ask the question for ''whom'' or ''what''? | ||
;Example 1 | ;Example 1 | ||
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:I packed <u>what I needed</u> into my suitcase. | :I packed <u>what I needed</u> into my suitcase. | ||
To identify the direct object, one must ask ''who'' or ''what'' did the girl kick? In this example, the direct object is "the soccer ball," because it identifies <i>what</i> the girl kicked. The second example answers the same question. Here, the group of words "what I needed" is the acting as a noun. By answering | To identify the direct object, one must ask ''who'' or ''what'' did the girl kick? In this example, the direct object is "the soccer ball," because it identifies <i>what</i> the girl kicked. The second example answers the same question. Here, the group of words "what I needed" is the acting as a noun. By answering ''what'' is being packed, the group of words is also a direct object. | ||