{"id":907,"date":"2022-04-21T10:12:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=907"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:28:34","slug":"e-ii-1-is-it-a-direct-object-or-an-indirect-object","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-ii-1-is-it-a-direct-object-or-an-indirect-object\/","title":{"rendered":"E- II.1 Is it a direct object or an indirect object?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Is it a direct object or an indirect object?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>key notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>What is a Direct Object (DO)?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>direct object<\/strong> receives the <strong>action of the verb directly<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It answers the questions: <strong>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/strong> or <strong>\u201cWhom?\u201d<\/strong> after the action verb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usually a <strong>noun or pronoun<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She \ud83c\udfa8 painted <strong>a picture<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Verb: painted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct Object (DO): a picture<\/strong> \u2192 What did she paint?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> What is an Indirect Object (IO)?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <strong>indirect object<\/strong> tells <strong>to whom<\/strong>, <strong>for whom<\/strong>, or <strong>for what<\/strong> the action is done.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It comes <strong>before the direct object<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usually a <strong>noun or pronoun<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She gave \ud83c\udf81 <strong>her friend<\/strong> a gift.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Verb: gave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct Object (DO): a gift<\/strong> \u2192 What was given?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indirect Object (IO): her friend<\/strong> \u2192 To whom was it given?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>How to Identify DO and IO<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Find the verb<\/strong> in the sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ask \u201cwhat?\u201d or \u201cwhom?\u201d<\/strong> \u2192 Answer = <strong>Direct Object<\/strong> \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ask \u201cto\/for whom?\u201d or \u201cfor what?\u201d<\/strong> \u2192 Answer = <strong>Indirect Object<\/strong> \ud83c\udfaf<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raju \ud83d\udcda told <strong>his teacher<\/strong> a story.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Verb: told<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DO:<\/strong> a story (What did he tell?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IO:<\/strong> his teacher (To whom did he tell it?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Quick Tips<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Every IO has a DO<\/strong>, but not every DO has an IO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IO often comes <strong>before the DO<\/strong> in the sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DO = the <strong>thing acted upon<\/strong>, IO = the <strong>person or thing benefiting<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fun Emoji Examples<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maya \ud83c\udf4e gave <strong>her brother<\/strong> an apple.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DO = an apple \ud83c\udf4f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IO = her brother \ud83d\udc66<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher \u270f\ufe0f sent <strong>the students<\/strong> homework.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DO = homework \ud83d\udcc4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IO = the students \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf93\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf93<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mom \ud83e\udd58 made <strong>me<\/strong> breakfast.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DO = breakfast \ud83c\udf73<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IO = me \ud83d\ude4b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p 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Example: What is an Indirect Object (IO)? Example: How to Identify DO and IO Example: Quick Tips Fun Emoji Examples let&#8217;s practice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-907","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22201,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/907\/revisions\/22201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}