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Structure: ‘Direct and indirect objects’

What are direct and indirect objects?

Objects in sentences

The object of a sentence is the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb.

  • Let’s contact the company (object).
  • Open that chart (object).
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Structure: ‘Word order in sentences 3’

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This time in our structure help we continue to talk about word order in sentences. This time we discuss sentences where you want to include the person affected by an action. To do this we add an indirect object. We put this indirect object directly after the verb. So for example; ‘They gave us our meals’. ‘Us’ is our indirect object. Check out the diagram below for more information and try to write some examples of your own.

Diagram of word order in sentences 3.
Word order in sentences 3.

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Structure: ‘Word order in sentences 2’

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This time in our structure help we continue to talk about word order in sentences. In our first part we talked about verbs and objects and their positions. This time we talk about places and time and how they fit into the word order of a sentence. Check out the diagram below for more information and look for our other posts related to word order.

Diagram of word order in sentences 2.
Word order in sentences 2

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Structure: ‘Word order in sentences 1’

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This time in our structure help we talk about word order in sentences. We begin with two aspects of a sentence; verbs + objects. Most people are familiar with verbs, but objects can be more difficult to understand. An object is a person or thing which is affected by the action of a verb. So if you fly a plane, the ‘plane’ is affected by the action of the verb. If you drink some water, ‘water’ is affected by the action of the verb etc… Check out the diagram below for more information and look for our other posts related to word order.

Diagram of word order in sentences.
Word order in sentences 1

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