The following sentence is an example of which primary English sentence pattern? The toddler tossed his father the ball.
a. Subject action verb indirect object direct object
b. Subject action verb direct object
c. Pronoun subject interrogative verb
d. Subject verb object object complement
The correct answer is A. Subject action verb indirect object direct object
The toddler is the subject. Tossed is the action verb. His father is the indirect object (because he didn't toss his father). The ball is the direct object.
