Question

If the underlined word isn't the indirect object, then choose the correct one:
They sent us some presents.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. They
• C. sent
• D. some presents

Answer 1

The correct option is A NO CHANGE

Some verbs take two objects, a direct object and an indirect object. For example, in the sentence 'Shaima gave a pen', there is only one object 'pen'. In the sentence 'Shaima gave me a pen', (or 'Shaima gave a pen to me) there are two objects, 'me' and 'pen', where 'pen' is the direct object and 'me' is the indirect object. The indirect object is the recipient of the direct object.
In the given sentence, "some presents" is the direct recipient of the action "sent" and "us" is the recipient of "some presents", hence it is the indirect object. The sentence does not need any change as the indirect object is underlined, so A is correct. "They" is the subject and "sent" is the verb, hence options B and C are incorrect. "Some presents" is the direct recipient of the action "sent", hence option D is incorrect.
Note: The direct object answers the question 'what?' and the indirect object answers the question 'to who/whom?'