![The Direct and Indirect Object For an indirect object to appear, a sentence must first have a direct object. Direct objects follow transitive verbs [a type of action verb ]. Just remember this simple formula: subject + predicate + what? or who? = direct object Here are examples of the formula in action: ,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/indirectobj-111105052156-phpapp01/85/Indirect-object-1-320.jpg)
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- 2. Sammy and Maria brought Billie Lou to the party.
- 3. To explain the broken lamp, we told a lie .
- 5. So that Darren would have company at the party, Sammy and Maria brought him a blind date .
- 6. To explain the broken lamp, we told Mom a lie .
- 8. So that Darren would have company at the party, Sammy and Maria brought him a blind date .
- 9. To explain the broken lamp, we told Mom a lie .
- 11. Tomas paid 200 dollars to the mechanic to fix the squeaky brakes.
- 12. In both versions, the mechanic [the indirect object] gets the 200 dollars [the direct object].
- 13. The Direct and Indirect Object When the direct and indirect objects are pronouns , putting it in a prepositional phrase becomes necessary. Check out these examples: Leslie didn't have any money for a sandwich, so Smitty purchased her it. Leslie didn't have any money for a sandwich, so Smitty purchased it for her. After Michael took generous spoonfuls of stuffing, he passed us it. After Michael took generous spoonfuls of stuffing, he passed it to us .