Nouns as Objects Answers
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.
DO 1. Soft music can relieve stress.
IO 2. Molly told Keith the best way to make watermelon pickles.
IO 3. Mimi bought her father an Elvis Presley T-shirt.
DO 4. Last month brush fires destroyed twenty-eight homes in southern California.
IO 5. Manuel left Bonnie a message.
DO 6. A roller-skating waitress offered Florence some fried catfish.
DO 7. A committee of local business people coordinated the Turtle Creek Day festivities.
IO 8. New federal laws will give middle-class workers some tax relief.
DO 9. The Bronx Zoo recently opened a baboon exhibit.
DO 10. A nearby commercial dairy makes mint chocolate chip ice cream.