Directions: In the following sentences, use the words in the Word Bank to identify the Subject, Direct and Indirect Objects. If the selected word isn’t anything, choose Nothing.
* Every sentence does not have an indirect object.
Word Bank: A. Subject B. Direct Object C. Indirect Object D. Nothing
The mother hid the matches in a drawer.
1. mother _____
2. matches _____
3. drawer _____
The child found the matches and started a bonfire in the living room. 4. child _____
5. matches _____
6. bonfire _____
7. living room _____
The fireman gave the boy a bucket of water.
8. fireman _____
9. boy _____
10. bucket _____
11. water _____
As the flames leapt higher, the boy threw himself on the ground and cried. 12.flames _____
13. boy _____
14. himself _____
15. ground _____
Later, the mother bought him a new toy firetruck and told him the story of Prometheus. 16. mother _____
17. him (1) _____
18. firetruck _____
19. him (2) _____
20. story _____