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Directions: Identify the direct object, and the indirect object or the object of the preposition in each sentence.

Directions: Identify the direct object, and the indirect object or the object of the preposition in each sentence.
                                                 I.O               D. O
Example: Our teacher gave us some work to do.
1. We sent a package to our relatives in Iowa.
2. He told his parents a lie.
3. Please hand me the remote control for the TV. (The subject is "you" in the imperative form)
4. Tina is making dinner for us.
5. Our boss is buying us dinner.
6. A movie on TV gave me the chills.
7. Wish me luck.
8. His grandmother sends him five dollars on his birthday every year.
9. They tried giving their baby some mashed peas.

10. John paid the bill for us.

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