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French Indirect Object Pronouns – 20-Sentence Sheet

Twenty French sentences ask students to replace an underlined indirect-object phrase with the matching pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur), with a complete answer key included.
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Updated Oct 10, 2021

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French Indirect Object Pronouns Worksheet - Complément d'Objet Indirect

Rewrite the 20 sentences replacing the underlined words with an indirect object. Exercise focuses on all indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur.

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Learning objectives

  • Students will identify the indirect-object phrase in a French sentence (e.g., "à Mme Ledoigt," "pour toi").

  • Students will replace that phrase with the correct indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) based on person and number.

  • Students will correctly place the pronoun before the conjugated verb or infinitive it modifies.

Teaching tips

  • Review the distinction between à/pour + person (replaced by an indirect object pronoun) and a direct object noun before assigning this sheet, since several items use "pour" rather than "à" to mark the indirect object.

  • Have students self-check with the answer key sentence-by-sentence rather than all at once, since pronoun choice (lui vs. leur, te vs. vous) depends on carefully reading number and person in each sentence.

  • Use item 7 or 8, where the indirect object is already given in parentheses rather than fully written out, as a quick check for whether students can still identify the correct pronoun from an abbreviated cue.

Skills covered

  • Indirect object identification — students locate the à/pour + person phrase functioning as the indirect object in each sentence.

  • Pronoun selection — students choose the correct indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) based on the person and number of the noun it replaces.

  • Sentence rewriting — students correctly place the chosen pronoun before the verb in a grammatically complete French sentence.

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How are the sentences varied to test all six pronoun forms?

Each of the six pronouns (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) appears multiple times across different subjects and verbs — for example, "lui" for singular à/pour phrases and "leur" for plural ones like "aux enfants" or "aux élèves."

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