Question

The headmaster promised the boys a holiday(find the direct and indirect objects in the given sentence)​

Answer 1

Answer:

this is an indirect sentence

Answer 2

‘The headmaster promised the boys a holiday’.

Direct object: A holiday

Indirect object: the boys

Explanation:

• The object of a sentence is that part of a sentence which is acted upon by the subject. It is usually a noun or a pronoun. Objects are usually of two kinds - Direct and indirect.

• Direct objects are the ones on which the direct action mentioned in the sentence is performed.

• Indirect objects are the ones which identify the person or the thing for ‘whom or what’ the action is performed.  

• In the given sentence, the subject is ‘the headmaster’. The ‘subject’ performs the action of ‘promise’. This is directly performed on the object-‘holiday’. Hence ‘holiday’ is the direct object.

• The ones who receive the action are ‘boys’. This is thus indirect object.