English – Grammar: Direct and Indirect Objects Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – 2nd Year Middle School

Direct and Indirect Objects: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Transitive Verbs

Need an object to complete meaning: She bought a car. He ate an apple.

Intransitive Verbs

Do not need an object: She sleeps. The baby cried. He arrived.

Direct Object

Receives the action directly: I read a book. She wrote a letter.

Indirect Object

Receives the action indirectly: I gave him a gift. She told me the news.

Exercises

1. Identify direct/indirect objects: She sent her friend a postcard. He bought flowers for his mother.