Indirect Object

In the last post I discussed what the "Object" in english grammar is. An object is the person or a thing affected by the action stated by the verb. Some verbs are followed by 2 objects.

1) Direct Object

2) Indirect Object

Direct Object-It is the person or thing affected by the action of verb

Indirect Object-It is the person who receive the direct object.

The Standard Rule for using the indirect is that it has to be placed before the direct object

SUBJECT + VERB +INDIRECT OBJECT+DIRECT OBJECT

Example
I gave him a book
Subject -I

Verb-gave

Indirect Object- him (because he is the receiver of the object,a book)

Direct Object - book(because verb 'give' is associated with 'book' directly)

Other Examples

He bought her a present.("her" is indirect object and "present" is direct object)

Please show me the paper("me" is indirect object and "paper" is direct object)

Could you lend your friend some money?("friend" is indirect object and "money" is direct object)

Subject v/s Object

In a sentence "subject" is a noun which performs the action where as "object" is a noun which receive action performed by the subject

Example

John is eating mango.
* In the above sentence "John" is a person who is performing the verb(to eat), so John is a subject
* Simlarly, the word "mango" is an object because the verb (eating) is applied on it.
* So it is clear the object is the thing or a person affected by the verb
* Generally, subject is placed before the verb and object is placed after the verb(exceptions are there)

Other Examples

We are going to club.
will you play football.
I love roses.