Question

Does the following sentence have any indirect objects? If so, where?: She gave me a gift.

Answer 1

Yes, the sentence has an indirect object and it is me.

Explanation:

Indirect objects are nouns that receive the direct object.

To find one in a sentence, find the direct object, and then ask, "Who was given the direct object?"

Here are some example sentences. The indirect objects are colored `color(blue)"blue"`, and the direct objects are colored `color(green)"green"`.

• My grandmother passed `color(blue)"Maddie"` the `color(green)"box"` of tissues.
  `rarr` the grandmother passed the box to who? To Maddie, so "Maddie" is the indirect object.

• He gave the `color(blue)"poor"` all of his `color(green)"money"`.
  `rarr` He gave his money to who? The poor, so "poor" is the indirect object.

In your sentence, there is an indirect object:

• She gave `color(blue)"me"` a `color(green)"gift"`.
  `rarr` She gave the gift to who? Me, so "me" is the indirect object.