By Verbs, Indirect objects

AM i doing this right. Please help Direct Objects and Indirect objects. Underline the verb in each sentence. Then write DO above the direct object and IO above the indirect object. IO DO 1. The store gave the contest winner a free trip. IO DO 2. The coach bought his soccer team pepperoni...

Hi InchoI agree with the previous posters completely; I would just like to elaborate a little from a non-native speaker's standpoint to a non-native speaker. We're both foreigners, right?Since there are hardly any inflections in English, the word order is very rigid and certain phrases and...

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Grammarian-bot wrote:A website says that "by" in the following sentence is an adverb.1. The farmer laid by his crops.But if we analyze, we can see that the word "by" answers the question "what" which makes it a preposition. Also the website says that "crops" directyly receives the action of the...

A website says that "by" in the following sentence is an adverb.1. The farmer laid by his crops.But if we analyze, we can see that the word "by" answers the question "what" which makes it a preposition. Also the website says that "crops" directyly receives the action of the farmer and is the...

A website says that "by" in the following sentence is an adverb.1. The farmer laid by his crops.But if we analyze, we can see that the word "by" answers the question "what" which makes it a preposition. Also the website says that "crops" directyly receives the action of the farmer and is the...

From English grammar books, we learn that there are 6 types of basic sentence patterns around which you can expand to add more meaning. One of the patterns involves using a transitive verb with a direct object and an indirect object, both of which are nouns. In another pattern, the indirect...

... Get's a little tricky with "commnication verbs": "She told us a story". The story is the direct object; we 'sorta' received the story, so 'us' is the indirect object. Try finding some sentences in which both have been labeled, and see if the above...

Briefly (and reasonably accurately), the direct object receives the action of the verb, while the indirect object receives the benefit of the action:I bought my wife a new can opener.I -- Subjectbought -- Verbmy wife -- Indirect object: I didn't buy my wife, I bought a can opener, but she...

well i have an english tutor and im having a lotta trouble with labelling things like with subject, actian verb, linking verb, adverb, adjective, direct object, indirect object, and prepositional phrases. can someone explain to me what the difference is in an indirect and direct object? and i...