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Question:
They gave the university a large endowment for the scholarship fund.
Answer:
The answer Verb is not correct.
Explanation:
"University" is an indirect object because it answers the question "to what?" after the verb "gave." "A large endowment" is the direct object -- the thing that was given -- and the university is the recipient of the direct object.

 

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