Question

Identify the word that best describes the bold word.

The lawyers advised the client to stay silent while in court.

A. direct object
B. indirect object
C. predicate nominative
D. predicate adjective

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. indirect object.
When there are two objects in a sentence, an indirect and a direct one, the first one will usually be the indirect object, followed by the direct object. In this sentence, you can say that the direct object is the infinitive phrase 'to stay silent while in court,' which means that 'the client' is the indirect object.