The prophet told (the audience) the future.
direct object
indirect object

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The prophet told (the audience) the future. 
       direct object
       indirect object <-

solomonzelman · Answer

what is your choice?

solomonzelman · Answer

What does the verb refer to. He is telling what?
(as we said before, the direct object, is a thing that receives the action of the verb)

solomonzelman · Answer

I never talked to $\normalsize\color{blue}{    \rm   her             }$ again.
We tried to cook some $\normalsize\color{blue}{    \rm   fish              }$.

blue is a direct object.

anonymous · Answer

So am I right" @SolomonZelman

solomonzelman · Answer

Yes.

solomonzelman · Answer

I think, but it is a tricky one.... you might have thought it is the audience, but what is he telling? ... the future.