Does the following sentence have any indirect objects? If so, where?: She gave me a gift.
1 Answer
Jun 27, 2018
Yes, the sentence has an indirect object and it is me.
Explanation:
Indirect objects are nouns that receive the direct object.
To find one in a sentence, find the direct object, and then ask, "Who was given the direct object?"
Here are some example sentences. The indirect objects are colored
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My grandmother passed
#color(blue)"Maddie"# the#color(green)"box"# of tissues.
#rarr# the grandmother passed the box to who? To Maddie, so "Maddie" is the indirect object. -
He gave the
#color(blue)"poor"# all of his#color(green)"money"# .
#rarr# He gave his money to who? The poor, so "poor" is the indirect object.
In your sentence, there is an indirect object:
- She gave
#color(blue)"me"# a#color(green)"gift"# .
#rarr# She gave the gift to who? Me, so "me" is the indirect object.