The coach gave the ball (DIRECT) to John (INDIRECT).

The coach gave John (INDIRECT) the ball (DIRECT).

The burglar stole the jewel (DIRECT) from me (INDIRECT).

If you are talking about grammar:

A direct object can stand alone. It can be its own sentence of sorts.

Eg. I rock. Rock is the direct object.

A indirect object answers the question “to whom” or “of whom” is the action done.

Eg. Gregovitch thinks I rock. Gregovitch is the indirect object because its him thinking. Rock is the direct object, because its what i do. 🙂

Indirect always comes before direct. ALWAYS.

Now if they start telling you about prepositional phrases, its the same as “Gregovitch thinks I rock”, but changed to “I rock, so thinks Gregovitch” Now what was once the Indirect object (Gregovitch) is moved to the end, and is no longer before the Direct object (I rock), therefore its no longer Indirect, and it becomes a prepositional phrase!

I’m sorry if that confused you even more.

a lamp on a table, around the corner, I can see it in a mirror – Indirect Object.

An indirect object is when you “do” make it accross. <}:-})

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noun

A word or phrase in a sentence referring to the person or thing receiving the action of a transitive verb. For example, in English, in mail the letter and call him, letter and him are direct objects.

indirect object

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noun

An object indirectly affected by the action of a verb, as me in Sing me a song and turtles in He feeds turtles lettuce.