Identify whether the *starred* words are a direct object or an indirect object.

Did you tell *your sister* the secret I told you?

INDIRECT OBJECT or DIRECT OBJECT

***MY answer: indirect object

Question

Identify whether the *starred* words are a direct object or an indirect object.

Did you tell *your sister* the secret I told you?

  INDIRECT OBJECT or DIRECT OBJECT

***MY answer: indirect object

anonymous · Answer

am i right?? :)

anonymous · Answer

cuz "secret" would be the direct object right??? and "your sister" is the indirect?? so am i right?? :)

hero · Answer

Re-structuring the sentence you get:

You told `my secret` TO `your sister`.

hero · Answer

As you can see, you can always re-structure the sentence to see things more clearly.

anonymous · Answer

yeah that makes sense :) so my answer is right?? it is INDIRECT OBJECT ??

hero · Answer

Yes, it is correct

anonymous · Answer

Yay :)