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C. La gramática: Los pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto What is an object? Sentences are made up of different parts – subjects, verbs and objects.
She throws a ball to the dog. She is carrying out the action (throws), so she is the subject of the sentence.
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John posted the letter to his mother. John is carrying out the action (posted), so John is the subject of the sentence.
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The subject of a sentence is the person carrying out the action of the verb.
The direct object of the sentence is having the action done to it.
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The verb is the action word, so in the above sentences, posted and throws are the verbs.
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John posted the letter to his mother. What is being posted? The letter. So the letter is the direct object. She throws a ball to the dog. What is being thrown? The ball. So the ball is the direct object. The indirect object is the recipient of the direct object.
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John posted the letter to his mother. Who is receiving the letter? His mother. So his mother is the indirect object.
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She throws a ball to the dog. Who is receiving the ball? The dog. So the dog is the indirect object.
C.1 Identifica el subjeto, el verbo, el objeto directo y el objeto indirecto en las siguientes frases.
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1. I bought those flowers for my girlfriend. 2. Mary read the newspaper to her grandmother. 3. We will sell ten apples to the children. 4. Tom wrote an email to the principal. 5. He sent me a message last night. 6. Did you give Mr Ryan the copies? 7. The lads kicked all the balls into the goal. 8. He put the Valentine’s card in the letterbox. 9. Mrs Flynn gave us lots of homework. 10. Will we give the dog a bone?
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