Direct and Indirect Objects Quiz

1. What is a direct object?

A noun that performs the action
A noun that directly receives the action
A noun that indirectly receives the action
A verb that performs the action

2. How can you identify a direct object in a sentence?

Ask ""What?"" or ""Whom?"" after the verb
Ask ""To whom?"" or ""For whom?"" after the verb
Ask ""Where?"" after the verb
Ask ""Why?"" after the verb

3. What is an indirect object?

A noun that indicates to whom or for whom the action is performed
A noun that directly receives the action
A noun that performs the action
A verb that performs the action

4. How can you identify an indirect object in a sentence?

Ask ""To whom?"" or ""For whom?"" after the verb
Ask ""What?"" or ""Whom?"" after the verb
Ask ""Where?"" after the verb
Ask ""Why?"" after the verb

5. Which sentence correctly uses a direct and an indirect object?

She gave the book.
She gave him the book.
She gave to him.
She gave book him.

6. What common mistake is often made with direct and indirect objects?

Using the wrong preposition
Using the wrong pronoun
Using the wrong verb
Using the wrong adjective

7. What is the direct object in the sentence: ""She told him a secret""?

She
Told
Him
A secret

8. What is the indirect object in the sentence: ""She sent the letter to her friend""?

She
The letter
To her friend
Sent

9. Which sentence contains only a direct object?

She gave him a gift.
She wrote a letter.
She told him a story.
She sent the package to her family.

10. Which of the following sentences uses direct and indirect object pronouns correctly?

She gave it to him.
She gave him it.
She gave to him it.
She gave it him.