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.
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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?
She
baked
him
cake
2. Which of the following sentences contains both a direct and an indirect object?
The dog chased the ball.
He wrote a letter.
She gave her friend a gift.
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.
True
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.