Grammar and Language Workbook

Draw two lines under each verb. Circle each direct object.
Not one member of the Flowers family had a green thumb.
1. Spread the good news far and wide.
2. Richard the Lionhearted ruled England for only ten years.
3. Perhaps Ginny could locate the missing set of keys.
4. Jill hung her clothes outside in the sunshine.
5. The rescue worker wouldn’t leave the building without the little boy.
6. Ted McElwee teaches shop classes at the local high school.
7. The uncapped pen leaked ink all over the desktop.
8. After days out on the sea, Martin welcomed the sight of land.
9. Eenie colored the Easter eggs a myriad of bright shades and patterns.
10. Devona gave the old car a complete tune-up.
11. Rose plays the harp and the harmonica, but (thankfully) not at the same time.
12. These new shoes are pinching my feet.
13. Henry raked the leaves and stuffed them into garbage bags.
14. You, too, can write mystery plots.
15. The ocean sounds lulled Patti.
 Exercise 2
Circle each direct object. Draw one line under each indirect object if there is one. 
Could you give me a hand with this, Carly?
1. Aunt Sue sent the manufacturer a letter of complaint about her broken Handy-Dandy machine.
2. I bowled a 125 in the tournament.
Unit 2, Parts of the Sentence
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3. Don’t give Tully a hard time.
4. The disc jockey announced an hour of uninterrupted music.
5. You could do him a favor in return for his kindness.
6. The class gave their teacher a bon voyage gift.