Identify the sentence pattern. our teacher gave us a vocabulary assignment. subject-verb subject-verb-direct object subject-linking verb-predicate noun subject-linking verb-predicate adjective subject-verb-indirect object-direct obje

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The sentence pattern for "Our teacher gave us a vocabulary assignment" is subject-verb-indirect object-direct object.  The question to ask yourself here is, "who gave what to whom?" in order to differentiate between direct and indirect objects.  The indirect object is the recipient of the direct object.  Since the teacher gave a vocabulary assignment to us,  the indirect object is us and the direct object is vocabulary assignment.