In which sentence below is the underlined word an indirect object?
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Gore published An Inconvenient Truth a few years after he ran for president.
My sister gave me a signed copy of the book.
She said she preferred the documentary film.
My sister gave me a signed copy of the book.
In the sentence "My sister gave me a signed copy of the book," the word "me" is the indirect object.
To determine which sentence below has an underlined word serving as an indirect object, we need to identify what an indirect object is. An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object, indicating the person or thing that the action of the verb is being done to or for.
Let's examine each sentence to find the underlined word serving as an indirect object:
1. "Gore published An Inconvenient Truth a few years after he ran for president."
In this sentence, there is no underlined word serving as an indirect object.
2. "My sister gave me a signed copy of the book."
In this sentence, the underlined word "me" is an indirect object because it receives the direct object "a signed copy of the book." The action of giving is being done to the indirect object "me."
3. "She said she preferred the documentary film."
In this sentence, there is no underlined word serving as an indirect object.
Therefore, the sentence with the underlined word serving as an indirect object is: "My sister gave me a signed copy of the book."