She told us a story find direct object and indirect object
Answers
Answer:
one direct object and one indirect object.
I bought him a present.
She told us a story.
He taught me English.
In sentence 1, present is the direct object of bought and him is the indirect object.
I bought …what? A present (Direct object)
I bought …to whom? Him (Indirect object)
Similarly, in sentence 2, story is the direct object and us is the indirect object. In sentence 3, English is the direct object and me is the indirect object.
Notes
The indirect object usually refers to a person and the direct object usually refers to a thing.
The complement
Study the following examples:
Dogs bark.
Birds fly.
The wind blows.
The intransitive verbs (bark, fly and blows) in the above sentences express a complete thought without the help of any other words. Hence they are called verbs of complete predication.
Now study the following examples:
She seemed…
The boy was…
Answer:
A story and us
Explanation:
Direct object = a story
Indirect object = us