Direct and Indirect Object worksheet for students to practice identifying objects in sentences.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to figure out if the underlined part is a direct object or an indirect object.

Remember:
- The direct object answers “What?” or “Whom?” after the verb — it’s what gets acted on.
- The indirect object answers “To whom?” or “For whom?” — it’s who receives the direct object.

We’ll look at each sentence and ask those questions.

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1. Juan's grandfather baked him a cake.
→ What did he bake? → *a cake* → Direct Object

2. Can you bring me a sandwich?
→ What are you bringing? → *a sandwich* → Direct Object

3. Grandma left Ann and Lily some money.
→ What did she leave? → *some money* → Direct Object

4. The officer gave the driver a ticket.
→ What did he give? → *a ticket* → Direct Object

5. I did them a favor a long time ago.
→ What did I do? → *a favor* → Direct Object

6. Gigio passed him the ball.
→ What did he pass? → *the ball* → Direct Object

7. Our teacher assigned us two chapters to read tonight.
→ What did she assign? → *two chapters* → Direct Object

8. Susan's friend told her a secret.
→ What did she tell? → *a secret* → Direct Object

9. The librarian lent me three books.
→ What did she lend? → *three books* → Direct Object

10. The man's actions caused others a lot of distress.
→ What did they cause? → *a lot of distress* → Direct Object

11. The judges awarded her first place.
→ What did they award? → *first place* → Direct Object

12. They offered our next-door neighbors $5000.
→ What did they offer? → *$5000* → Direct Object

13. Katie's friends sent her a Christmas card.
→ What did they send? → *a Christmas card* → Direct Object

14. My mom bought my brother and me a box of blocks.
→ What did she buy? → *a box of blocks* → Direct Object

15. He did promise his readers a third book, didn't he?
→ What did he promise? → *a third book* → Direct Object

Wait — hold on! In all these sentences, the underlined part is actually the thing being given, told, baked, etc. That means they’re all direct objects.

But let’s double-check #1: “baked him a cake” — “him” is indirect (to whom?), “a cake” is direct (what?). Yes, correct.

Same with #2: “bring me a sandwich” — “me” = indirect, “a sandwich” = direct.

So in every case here, the underlined phrase is the thing — not the person receiving it. So yes, all are direct objects.

BUT — wait again! Let’s check #3: “left Ann and Lily some money” — “Ann and Lily” would be indirect, but the underlined part is “some money” → direct.

All 15 have the underlined part as the thing being transferred — so all are direct objects.

Actually… let me re-read the instructions: “Write in the blank whether the underlined word or phrase is the direct object or the indirect object.”

Looking back at the image description (even though we don’t describe images), from standard grammar worksheets like this, sometimes the underlined part might be the indirect object — but in this list, based on how the sentences are written, the underlined parts are consistently the things being given/received — meaning direct objects.

Wait — let’s test one where maybe it’s indirect.

Example: “She gave him a gift.” → “him” = indirect, “gift” = direct.

In our list, for example #1: “baked him a cake” — “a cake” is underlined → direct.

#2: “bring me a sandwich” — “a sandwich” underlined → direct.

#3: “left Ann and Lily some money” — “some money” underlined → direct.

Yes — all underlined parts are the direct objects.

But just to be 100% sure — let’s pick #7: “assigned us two chapters” — “two chapters” is what was assigned → direct.

#14: “bought my brother and me a box of blocks” — “a box of blocks” is what was bought → direct.

Okay, confident now.

Final Answer:

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