Question

Which personal pronoun correctly completes the sentence? What is its use?

Sally told her brother to give John and __________ the old newspapers to recycle.
a. us; indirect object
b. we; indirect object
c. us; direct object
d. we; direct object

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) us; indirect object.
The pronoun has to be us because we are looking for an object, and we is a pronoun used for a subject.
Also, it is indirect object because when there are two objects in a sentence, the rule is that the first object is indirect, and it is followed by a direct object. The direct object in this sentence is the old newspapers, which means that the indirect object is John and us.