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English Double object verbs (Ditransitive verbs)
Hello English learners! 😃
In today's lesson, we're going to study English verbs that can have two objects.
We call them also "Distransitive verbs".
A ditransitive verb is a verb that takes both a direct object and an indirect object.
The Double Object Construction[edit | edit source]
In English, some verbs have 2 objects:
- an indirect object
- and a direct object.
Subject | Verb | Indirect object | Direct object |
---|---|---|---|
She | brought | her father | some fruits. |
My husband | sent | her | a letter |
She | cooked | all her friends | a delicious cake. |
These clauses have the following structure:
VERB + NOUN (indirect object) + NOUN (direct object)
Video[edit | edit source]
List of Ditransitive Verbs[edit | edit source]
Verb | Sentence Example |
---|---|
ask | |
bake | |
bear | |
begrudge | |
bet | |
book | |
bring | |
buy | |
carve | |
cook | |
cost | |
do | |
envy | |
excuse | |
feed | |
fetch | |
find | |
fix | |
forgive | |
get | |
give | |
hand | |
kick | |
knit | |
lend | |
make | |
order | |
owe | |
paint | |
pass | |
pay | |
read | |
sell | |
send | |
serve | |
set | |
sew | |
ship | |
show | |
sing | |
teach | |
tell | |
throw | |
toss | |
write |
Sources[edit | edit source]
- https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/double-object-verbs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgGwcr4zFCc
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Quantifiers
- Prepositions of Position
- Turn an Adjective into an Adverb
- ADJECTIVES
- Abstract nouns and concrete nouns
- CONJUNCTIONS → Correlative Conjunctions
- Prepositions of Direction
- Punctuation
- After as an adverb
- Confusion between Adjectives and Adverbs
- Questions
- More Uses of the Dash
- Subjunctive mood
- Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS