Threw the football to whom? He threw it to his father, which would be the recipient of the direct object (the football) and, therefore, the indirect object. Here’s another example of an indirect object: Barbara gave her sister a dollar. To whom did she give the dollar, which is your direct object? To her sister. So, her sister is the
Tell them to come in the afternoon.; Direct object = objects Indirect objects = people. Give me the pen right now. (Pattern One)Give it to me right now. (Pattern Two)With this list of verbs, we can put the direct object immediately after the verb or at the end of the sentences with “to” before the indirect object. Direct Object Pronouns and Things. In the first sentence below, la pelota receives the action of tiró, and thus is the direct object of the sentence. It is singular, feminine, and a thing, so it is in the third person. Therefore, you can replace it with the direct object pronoun la, as shown in the second example. LRaJDR. 338 303 483 199 37 212 99 138 172