Use the sentence to answer the question

Question

Tonya mailed her brother a postcard from Australia.
Which word is the direct object of the sentence?
A. Postcard
B. Tonya
C. Australia
D. Brother

Answer 1

The direct object of the sentence is A. Postcard. The direct object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb (in this case, what Tonya mailed).