direct or indirect??

easy way to understand indirect object!!

in this picture, flower is closer to the channing tatum so it is the direct object.

‘me’ here stand farther than flower so ‘me’ is the indirect object

Exercises on Subject Complement & Object Complement

In the last posts on complements, two types of complements are discussed:

One is subject complements, which follow a linking verb and provide additional information about the subject of the sentence.

Another is object complements, which follow a direct object and provide additional information about the direct object.

This exercise will give you practice in identifying subject complements and object complements in sentences. Each of the following sentences contains a complement. Identify the complement in each sentence, and note whether it is a subject complement or an object complement.

Khaz is extremely intelligent.

I find Amal intelligent.

Beyla’s hair dye turned the water turquoise.

After our fight on the first day of school, Babat became my friend for life.

Migha and Babat painted the ceiling pink.

You’re driving me angry.

Bidin is a great dancer.

Hazmira named her iguana Babat.

Known as “the father of the Texas blues,” Blind Lemon Jefferson was a popular entertainer in the 1920s.

The gift Beyla gave Amal was a cardigan.

Fun with Direct and Indirect Object

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Indirect and Direct Objects

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Direct Object or Object Complement? – You Decide

In each of the following sentences, indicate whether the bold string is a direct object or an object complement.

I find it inviting.

The customer found a cockroach in her soup.

Bidin took several photos at Babat’s wedding.

They named their new baby Migha Omel.

He was appointed Vice President.

Fun with Object Complement

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Object Complement Yuhuuuu!

An object complement is a noun, a pronoun or an adjective which follows a direct object to rename it or state what it has become. In other words, it follows and modifies or refers to a direct object.

It would be easier to understand if you take a look at the examples 😀

The clown got the children too excited. (The participle “excited” complements the object “children.”)

You can say that ‘children=excited’

Afiq turned the table green. (The adjective ‘green’  complements the object ‘table’).

Table=green

Got it? It’s simple 😀

Direct Object & Indirect Object

A direct object is the receiver of action within a sentence, as in “He hit the vase.”

Other examples:  1) Migha kill the stupid rat.

2) Babat slap Amal’s face.

Be careful to distinguish between a direct object and an object complement

(which will be explained in another post)  

 

The indirect object identifies to or for whom or what the action of the verb is performed. The direct object and indirect object are different people or places or things. The direct objects in the sentences below are in boldface; the indirect objects are in italics.

• Madam Khazriyati gave her students A’s.
• Grandfather left Bidin and Babat all his money.
• Amal sold me her boat.

Object of preposition is somewhat different from indirect object. The object after a preposition is called object of preposition. For example:

I’ll send the box to him.

She handed the note to K.

 

One easy way to memorize:

Let’s say that the cat is a subject. The sentence would be something like this.

The cat give the dog a present. 

In the picture, what is closer to the subject? The present right? The present is actually a direct object while the dog is an indirect object. So, whenever you got a sentence like “Bidin handed Beyla the letter.”, draw a simple picture like above and see what’s closer to the subject. What’s closer to the subject is the direct object 😀

Incidentally, the word me (and similar object-form pronouns such as him, us, them) is not always an indirect object; it will also serve, sometimes, as a direct object.

• Bless me/her/us!
• Call me/him/them if you have questions.

Fun with Subject Complement

Subject Complement

What is Subject Complement?

 

A subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb.

The following verbs are true linking verbs: any form of the verb be [am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc.], become, and seem. These true linking verbs are always linking verbs.

Then you have a list of verbs that can be linking or action: appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste, and turn.

If you can substitute any of the verbs on this second list with an equal sign [=] and the sentence still makes sense, the verb is almost always linking.

Examples of Subject Complement:

Hazmira is a gifted bitch.

Hazmira = subject; is = linking verb; bitch = noun as subject complement.

It was he who caught the winning touchdown Friday night.

It = subject; was = linking verb; he = pronoun as subject complement.

Batrisya becomes embarrassed when people compliment her skill.

Batrisya = subject; becomes = linking verb; embarrassed = adjective as subject complement.