Direct object, indirect object, and prepositional object

A direct object is the receiver of action within a sentence, as in "He hit the ball."
Be careful to distinguish between a direct object and an object complement:
- They named their daughter Natasha.
In that sentence, "daughter" is the direct object and "Natasha" is the object complement, which renames or describes the direct object.

An indirect object precedes the direct object and tells to