Identify the indirect object in the following sentence.

The children were making their parents elaborate cards in celebration of the holiday.

A. parents

B. cards

C. celebration

D. holiday
*** i think the answer is A. Parents
or is it D. holiday???
idk :/ explain please!!

Question

Identify the indirect object in the following sentence.

The children were making their parents elaborate cards in celebration of the holiday.   
      
A.  parents

    B.   cards

    C.   celebration

    D.   holiday
*** i think the answer is A. Parents
or is it D. holiday???
idk :/ explain please!!

anonymous · Answer

i'm not too sure about this one... please explain!! Thank you!! :D

anonymous · Answer

this is for INDIRECT object... :/

anonymous · Answer

hey! thanks for coming :) do u get this one? :)

hero · Answer

So re-structuring this one we get

The children made `elaborate cards` FOR `their parents`.

hero · Answer

See, this is a normal sentence and we can easily identify the objects

anonymous · Answer

ahhh i see it now :) so my answer is A. parents
?? :)

hero · Answer

Yes

anonymous · Answer

and thanks for restructuring that!! it makes waayyyy more sense that way!! :) i must remember to do that on every single one!! :D

anonymous · Answer

and thanks for restructuring that!! it makes waayyyy more sense that way!! :) i must remember to do that on every single one!! :D

hero · Answer

Yes, and eliminate any prepositional phrases if you see them.

anonymous · Answer

alrighty :) will do :) thanks for the tip!! :)