Question

The following sentence is an example of which primary English sentence pattern? The toddler tossed his father the ball.

a. Subject+ action verb+ indirect object+ direct object
b. Subject+ action verb + direct object
c. Pronoun+ subject+ interrogative verb
d. Subject+ verb +object +object complement

Answer 1

Subject action been indirect object directed object

Answer 2

a. Subject+ action verb+ indirect object+ direct object

His father is the indirect object in this case because it is to him whom the toddler tossed the ball to.

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