Direct
Objects: Any direct object (DO) will fit
these following criteria. DO's ...
-are either a noun
or pronoun
-occur in sentences with action
verbs
-never occur in a prepositional
phrase
-Answers the question Whom or What
A
DO is the word in a sentence that recieve the action of the
verb. It answers the questions 'Whom' or 'What'. For example,
in the sentence 'The boy stomped the puddle' the subject is
'boy' the predicate is 'stomped' and what did the boy stomp?
The puddle.
Indirect
Objects: Any indirect object (IO) will
fit these following criteria. IO's ...
-are either a noun
or pronoun
-occur in sentences with action
verbs
-occur in sentences with Direct Objects only
-never occur in a prepositional
phrase
-Answers the questions To Whom or For Whom
An
IO is the word in a sentence that that verb is done for. It
answers the questions 'To Whom' or 'For Whom'. For example, in
the sentence 'My aunt always bakes me cakes.' the subject is
'aunt' the predicate is 'bakes' and for whom did she bake the
cakes? Me.
Direct and Indirect Objects Defined 