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In the sentence
I take my kids to school.
I would be the subject and the verb would be take.
Now, as the verb take is acted upon the kids, I thought my kids was the direct object and the school would be the indirect object.
However, my professor said that the school is actually a direct object.
I'm wondering, do I have both the kids and the school as two separate direct objects?
Indirect object is when you can say it without the preposition "to".
I gave the book to him.
has direct object "the book" but no indirect object.
I gave him the book.
has direct object "the book" and indirect object "him".
In the sentence
'I take my kids to school'
my kids is the direct object as to take is a transitive verb.
The phrase to school is the adverbial modifier.
user307254 is correct.
To further elaborate,
Indirect objects show whom the action is for.
Example:
I buy my mum a present.
a present = direct object
my mum = indirect object
However, if you say "I buy a present for my mum."
a present = direct object
But now my mum is part of a prepositional phrase (or adverbial modifier) beginning with the preposition "for".
In your example, "to school" is a prepositional phrase with school being the object of a preposition.
