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Direct and Indirect Objects Worksheet

A Grade 8 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding direct and indirect objects in sentences, with various question types.

Grade 8 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsDirect and Indirect Objects
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.a
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Direct and Indirect Objects

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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying direct and indirect objects in sentences.

1. In the sentence "She baked him a cake," what is the direct object?

a

She

b

baked

c

him

d

cake

2. Which of the following sentences contains both a direct and an indirect object?

a

The dog chased the ball.

b

He wrote a letter.

c

She gave her friend a gift.

d

They walked to the park.

Underline the direct object once and the indirect object twice in each sentence.

3. The teacher assigned the students a challenging project.

4. My grandmother knitted me a warm scarf.

5. Please hand your brother the book.

6. The chef prepared the guests a delicious meal.

7. Write a sentence that includes both a direct object and an indirect object. Clearly label each object.

8. An indirect object always comes before the direct object in a sentence.

T

True

F

False

9. Rewrite the following sentence, changing the indirect object into a prepositional phrase: "The librarian lent him a fascinating novel."

10. Write two original sentences. In the first sentence, use a direct object only. In the second sentence, use both a direct and an indirect object.