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Direct and Indirect Objects (She Gave Him A Book)

The document summarizes the use of direct and indirect objects in sentences. It provides examples of sentences containing a direct object receiving the action of the verb directly, such as "She gave him a book", and sentences where the direct object is given or shown to an indirect object, such as "She gave the newspaper to her brother". It explains that verbs like "give", "send", "show", "lend", and "offer" are used with the structure of direct object + to + indirect object, while verbs like "cook", "fetch", "buy", and "get" are used with the structure of direct object + for + indirect object.

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Direct and Indirect Objects (She Gave Him A Book)

The document summarizes the use of direct and indirect objects in sentences. It provides examples of sentences containing a direct object receiving the action of the verb directly, such as "She gave him a book", and sentences where the direct object is given or shown to an indirect object, such as "She gave the newspaper to her brother". It explains that verbs like "give", "send", "show", "lend", and "offer" are used with the structure of direct object + to + indirect object, while verbs like "cook", "fetch", "buy", and "get" are used with the structure of direct object + for + indirect object.

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32 Direct and indirect objects (She gave him a book)

1 Look at this example: 3 Here are some other sentences like (ii) She
gave the newspaper to her brother:

+ THING + PERS ON
(direct object) (to + object)
She gave a shirt to her brother.
I sent postcards to my friends.
(i) She gave her brother the newspaper. I showed my card to the clerk.
(ii) She gave the newspaper to her brother. She lent some money to her friend.
In both sentences a newspaper is the thing He offered the chocolates to the others.
which is given, and her brother is the person
who receives it. Note that we use to + object after these verbs
which express the idea of giving or showing
2 Here are other sentences like (i) She gave her something to somebody:
brother the newspaper : give, send, show, lend, offer

+ PERS ON + T HI NG But we use for + object after verbs which


(indirect object) (direct object) express the idea of doing something for
another person:
She gave her brother a shirt. cook, fetch, buy, get (= ‘fetch’ or ‘buy’)
He sent me a letter.
I showed him my passport. + THING + P E RS O N
Jane lent Frank some money. (direct object) (for + object)
I'll offer her a job. We cooked a meal for everybody.
I’ll cook them a meal.
He fetched the newspaper for his father.
I fetched her a plate.
I ’ll get your book for you.
ГП get you a magazine. She bought some toys for them.
Vll buy you a coffee.

P ractice
A Put these words into the right order to make sentences. Do not add any words.
0 (He - lent - his car - Mark)
He lent Marie hi& car.____________________________________________________

1 (a cigarette - Jim - She offered)

2 (Mary - his holiday photographs - He showed)

3 (them - an invitation - Have you sent - ?)

4 (a birthday present - Did you buy - her - ?)

5 (I - some of my tapes - a friend - gave)

6 (When you go to the post office, - some stamps - me - could you get - ?)

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В Now write the sentences from Exercise A again, but using to or for.
0 He lent His c a r to Mark.________________________________________
1 She offered _____________________________________________________
2 He show ed---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Have you s e n t__________________________________________________
4 Did you b u y ____________________________________________________
5 I g av e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 When you go to the post office, could you g e t ____________________

С Change these sentences. In each case use the other possible structure.
0 He offered his seat to an old lady.
He offered an old lady his seat._________________________________

1 I have sent Jane a birthday card.

2 I don’t want to lend my bike to Bruce.

3 I gave your message to Joan.

4 Could you fetch me a knife and fork?

D Tim and Lucy went to a restaurant last night for a meal. Make sentences
about what happened while they were there. Write two sentences. Use the
words in brackets ( ).
0 (The waiter / give / the menu.)
(her) The waiter gave her th e menu.___________________________________
(to Lucy) The w aiter aave th e menu t o Lucy._____________________________

1 (The waiter / fetch / some wine.)


(th e m )________________________________________________________________
(for th e m )_____________________________________________________________
2 (The waiter / show /the bottle.)
( h im ) _________________________________________________________________
(to T i m ) ______________________________________________________________
3 (The chef / cook / a special meal.)
(th e m )________________________________________________________________
(for t h e m )_____________________________________________________________
4 (The waiter / give / the bill.)
(T im ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(to T i m ) ______________________________________________________________

5 (Lucy / lend / some money, because he didn’t have enough to pay the bill.)
( T im ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(to T i m ) ______________________________________________________________

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