Question

Which word in the sentence is the direct object?

The players promised their coach a fantastic season.


a. fantastic
b.players
c.coach
d.season

Answer 1

C. coach. A direct object is a noun phrase denoting (indicating) a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb. An example is The cat in Jhon fed the cat. I think this is what you wanted to know.