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Direct and Indirect Object Worksheets

Welcome to direct and indirect objects worksheets, an easy-to-use toolkit to quickly learn the definitions of DO and IO with clear examples and practice identifying direct, indirect, and compound objects, and objects of prepositions. Get started with our free worksheets!

Identifying Direct Objects

Spot the noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb in each sentence and circle it to complete these worksheets.

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Recognizing Indirect Objects

Scout for nouns or pronouns that are the recipients of a direct object. It indicates whom or for whom something is being done.

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Pronouns as Direct Objects

In these direct object worksheets, complete sentences by choosing the pronoun that acts as the direct object, showing who or what receives the action.

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Direct and Indirect Objects Chart

Our printable chart provides definitions and vivid examples to help children understand direct and indirect objects.

Identifying Verbs and Direct Objects

Identify and underline the verb, and then circle the direct object that receives the action of the verb in these DO and IO worksheets.

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Labeling DO and IO

Underline the direct objects, which receive the action, and circle the indirect objects, which show who benefits from or receives the action.

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Nouns as Indirect Objects

Look for the noun that comes before the direct object and answers “to whom” or “for whom” in these indirect object worksheets.

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Pronouns as Indirect Objects

Complete the sentences using the correct pronoun that is receiving the benefit or action of the direct object from the parentheses.

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Compound Indirect Objects

Identify and underline the two or more people receiving the direct object in the sentences in these worksheets.

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Compound Direct Objects

Read the sentences and find multiple objects receiving the verb's action simultaneously, and write the compound objects in the space provided.

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Indirect Objects as Objects of Preposition

Rewrite sentences by changing the indirect object into an object of a preposition, expressing the same idea in two different ways.

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