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OBJECT COMPLEMENT

- An object complement is a noun, pronoun, or adjective which follows a direct object

(DO) and renames it or tells what the direct object has become.

- We know there is a difference between calling Mayor Williams and calling Williams

mayor or painting a red door and painting a door red.

- Indirect object (IO) : for whom/ to whom the action is performed.

Examples :	Direct object	Object complement
To catch someone stealing.	someone	stealing
To paint the door purple.	the door	purple
We all consider her unworthy.	her	unworthy
I found the guard sleeping in the barn.	the guard	sleeping in the barn

Examples :	Direct object	Indirect object
Joe give me an apple.	an apple	me
She sold Chris a new boat to sail down he river.	new boat	Chris
Jim built his granddaughter a sandcastle on the beach.	sandcastle	granddaughter
My mother writes me every week.	letter	me
He gives Sara the books.	book	Sara

Identify only the direct object, and the indirect object in each sentence.

Example: Our teacher gave us some work to do.

Our teacher / direct object: _work_ / indirect object: _us_

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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