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The object in a sentence can be either direct or indirect. Let us understand both.

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

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

21 st Century #Critical Thinking
C. Competency-based/Application-based question. Skills #Communication
Misha is working as an assistant to a fashion designer. Her duty is to provide dress materials that her boss requests. Misha
puts her heart and soul into her work seeing to it that her boss gets all quality materials on time. However, her boss does
not give her any feedback and criticizes Misha all the time. As a result, now Misha has become demotivated. What advice
will you give to Misha’s boss.
Ans. Misha’s boss should do the following things:
• Give timely feedback to Misha
• Build rapport with Misha
• Give specific instructions in case Misha has not understood her request.
• Maintain eye contact while talking to Misha

Unsolved Exercise

Objective Type Questions (Section A)

A. Tick ( ) the correct option.
1. Which of these sentences is/are in passive voice? [NCERT]
a. They are watching a movie. b. The clock was repaired by Raju.

c. He is sleeping in the room. d. My pet dog bit the postman.
2. Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly? [NCERT]
a. Where are you going. b. I have a pen a notebook and a pencil.
c. I am so happy to see you! d. This is my house.

3. Which of these sentences has/have both indirect and direct objects? [NCERT]
a. I am working on a presentation. b. She bought a blue pen.
c. The girls played cricket. d. He wrote a letter to his sister.
4. Which of the following factors do not improve active listening? [CBSE Sample Paper, 2022]

a. Eye contact b. Being pre-occupied
c. Gestures d. Giving feedback

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