Choose the indirect object in this sentence. Mr. Jones gave Sherry an apple because she was hungry.

Sherry

Explanation: An indirect object is a noun phrase that's affected by the verb but isn't the primary object.

Let me put it this way, though: if whatever's after the verb doesn't make sense as a direct object (the object right after an action verb), it's an indirect object.

For example, in the sentence provided, "Sherry" can't be a direct object because Mr. Jones can't give Sherry. He's giving an apple, not Sherry; therefore, "Sherry" is the indirect object.

If the sentence did have a direct object, though, one could rewrite the sentence to "Mr. Jones gave an apple to Sherry because she was hungry." Because "an apple" follows after the action verb gave, it's a direct object.

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