Question

What kind of complement is the underlined word?


The children showed their parents their drawings
_______




A.
predicate adjective







B.
predicate nominative







C.
direct object







D.
indirect object

Answer 1

parents underlined

Answer 2

C I believe

Answer 3

Rewrite the sentence:
The children showed their drawings TO their parents.

Any time you can rewrite a sentence with a preposition like this one, it means the group of words is an indirect object. Actually indirect mean "introduced by a preposition".

"their drawing" is the direct object.

Answer 4

*means