Making Our Sentences Longer

Additional Parts of the Sentence

Subject VerbIndirect Object

Direct Object

Terms

• indirect object• Object complements

Terms you should know by now:• transitive verb• direct object• prepositional phrase

Identify all the parts we’ve covered this semester:

I showed my mom and dad the tennis trophy in the display case at school.

Indirect Object

• a noun or pronoun that names the person or thing that something is given to or done for

• appear only in sentences that contain transitive verbs and direct objects

• common with: ask, bring, buy, give, lend, make, show, teach, tell and write

Indirect Objects

• Answers the questions: to or for whom? to or for what?

The teacher taught our class music.

We made our dog a raincoat.

Keep in Mind:

-normally appears BETWEEN the verb and the direct object

-never appears as part of a prepositional phrase (after the prepositions to or for)

Paul sent me the poster.

Paul sent the poster to me.

Direct Object or Indirect Object?

1. My teammates gave me a party.

2. The principal gave us a lecture on safety.

3. They attended the ceremony and the party.

Direct Object or Indirect Object?

4. I wrote my grandparents and my uncle a letter.

5. The author of that play has won an award.

Object Complements

Subject Transitive Verb Direct Object Object

Complements

Object Complements

• adjective or noun that appears with a direct object and describes or renames it, almost always follows a direct object, completes the meaning of the direct object

• occur with verbs like appoint, call, consider, declare, elect, judge, label, make, name, select, think

Object Complement

The organizers of the dance declared it successful.

Sentence with an object complement may seem to have two direct objects. The words to be are often understood before an object complement

1. The president appointment him ambassador to China.

2. I consider Dave a strong swimmer and a graceful diver.

3. The tea made me sleepy.

4. The mayor appointed Mr. Smith constable.

5. The principal found the student believable.

6. We call our lake cabin “The Castle.”