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How is the underlined pronoun used in the sentence?

Mother reads him three stories before bedtime.

A.
indirect object

B.
direct object

C.
object of a preposition

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Your answer is:

A. Indirect object.

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User Elephantik
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Him functions as the direct object in the sentence. It is the receiver of the action of the transitive verb reads which is done by the subject Mother. So the answer to this question is letter B.
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