Nouns as Objects
Directions:
Identify the types of objects italicized in the sentences below. Use the following code:
DO direct object IO indirect object
The verbs are underlined for you.
Example:
DO Mozart gave his first public performance at the age of six.
______ 1. Soft music can relieve stress.
______ 2. Molly told Keith the best way to make watermelon pickles.
______ 3. Mimi bought her father an Elvis Presley T-shirt.
______ 4. Last month brush fires destroyed twenty-eight homes in southern California.
______ 5. Manuel left Bonnie a message.
______ 6. A roller-skating waitress offered Florence some fried catfish.
______ 7. A committee of local business people coordinated the Turtle Creek Day festivities.
______ 8. New federal laws will give middle-class workers some tax relief.
______ 9. The Bronx Zoo recently opened a baboon exhibit.
______ 10. A nearby commercial dairy makes mint chocolate chip ice cream.