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Direct object        a noun or pronoun receiving the action
                                                 •   generally preceded by the verb
                                                 •   does not depend on the indirect object
                                Indirect Object  •   a noun/pronoun that receives the direct object.

                                                 •   generally preceded by prepositions
                                                 •   depends on the direct object

            Let us understand using an example:
                                           My cousin brought us  reshly picked flo ers


                                               Indirect object      Direct object

            Some more examples are:
                                           Sentence                 Direct Object   Indirect Object

                             He gave his son a present.            present         son
                             The little boy drew his teacher a picture.  picture   teacher
                             My sister bought me some chocolates.  chocolates      me

            Types of Sentences—Classification II

            A ctive and Passive S entences
            We use both active and passive sentences while speaking. How to distinguish between the two?
                                  Active Sentence                             Passive Sentence
                     Subject + verb + object                     Ob ect   verb   sub ect
                     The subject performs the action on the object.  The subject is being acted upon.
                     Example: The lion killed the deer.          Example: The deer was killed by the lion.
                     Gargi sings lovely songs.                   Lovely songs are sung by Gargi.

            Some more examples are:

                   Active Sentence                            Passive Sentence
            The cat killed the pigeon.                 The pigeon was killed by the cat.
            Where did you buy this bag from?           From where was this bag bought by you?
            Jai made a cake.                           A cake was made by Jai.

            Types of Sentences—Classification III
            There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative as shown in the table:

             Declarative Sentence     Interrogative Sentence  Exclamatory Sentence       Imperative Sentence
            It conveys information or   It always asks a question   An exclamatory statement   These sentences convey an
            expresses a fact. It always   and ends with a question  conveys a powerful emotion,  order, instruction, request,
            terminates with a full stop  mark (?).           such as joy, grief, terror, or   or word of advice. It can be
            (.). This is the most typical                    wonder. It is always followed  terminated with a full stop or an
            type of sentence.                                by an e clamation mark   ).  e clamation mark  . or ).
            Examples                 Examples                Examples                   Examples
            We own a cat.            Are you hungry?          ippee  I passed the test.  Cook the vegetables.
             he has finished reading   Did she pass the exam?  Alas  I lost my bag.     Complete this work by tomorrow.
            that book.

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