In the sentence They offered winners their prizes the word winners is...

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the indirect object
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the direct object
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the object of the preposition
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an action verb

Answer 1

In the sentence "They offered winners their prizes," the word "winners" is the indirect object.

The structure can be broken down as follows:

• The subject is "They."
• The verb is "offered."
• The direct object is "prizes" (what was offered).
• The indirect object is "winners" (to whom the prizes were offered).