Indirect Objects

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Indirect Objects
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Indirect Objects

• Tells to whom or for whom an action is done
• Comes before the direct object (s-v-io-do)
• Never appears in a phrase starting with to or
  for

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How To Find An Indirect Object

• Find the verb
• Ask to whom or for whom or to what or for
  what
• Whatever answers your question is the indirect
  object

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EXAMPLES

• Gail mailed me a colorful postcard from Canada.
• Verb mailed (to whom or for whom)
• IO me

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EXAMPLES

• Alana wrote her aunt a long letter of
  appreciation.
• Verb wrote (to whom or for whom)
• IO aunt

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