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Hello English learners! 😃
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".


In today's lesson, we're going to study English verbs that can have two objects.
A ditransitive verb is a verb that takes both a direct object and an indirect object.
 


==The Double Object Construction==


In English, some verbs have '''2 objects''':
In English, some verbs have '''2 objects''':
# an '''indirect object''' 
# an '''indirect object''' 
# and a '''direct object'''.
# and a '''direct object'''.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Indirect object
!Indirect object
!Direct object
!Direct object
|-
|''She''
|''brought''
|''her father''
|''some fruits.''
|-
|-
|''My husband''
|''My husband''
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|''her''
|''her''
|''a letter''
|''a letter''
|-
|''She''
|''brought''
|''her father''
|''some fruits.''
|-
|-
|''She''
|''She''
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|''a delicious cake.''
|''a delicious cake.''
|}
|}
These clauses have the structure:
These clauses have the following structure:


<code>'''Verb''' '''+''' '''Noun''' (indirect object) '''+''' '''Noun''' (direct object)</code>
<code>'''VERB''' '''+''' '''NOUN''' (indirect object) '''+''' '''NOUN''' (direct object)</code>


==Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgGwcr4zFCc</youtube>
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgGwcr4zFCc</youtube>
==List of Ditransitive Verbs==
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|
|-
|mail
|
|-
|make
|
|-
|order
|
|-
|owe
|
|-
|paint
|
|-
|pass
|
|-
|pay
|
|-
|read
|
|-
|sell
|
|-
|send
|
|-
|serve
|
|-
|set
|
|-
|sew
|
|-
|ship
|
|-
|show
|
|-
|sing
|
|-
|teach
|
|-
|tell
|
|-
|throw
|
|-
|toss
|
|-
|write
|
|}


==Sources==
==Sources==
* https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/double-object-verbs
* https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/double-object-verbs
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgGwcr4zFCc
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgGwcr4zFCc
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Quantifiers|Quantifiers]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Prepositions-of-Position|Prepositions of Position]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Turn-an-Adjective-into-an-Adverb|Turn an Adjective into an Adverb]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/ADJECTIVES|ADJECTIVES]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Abstract-nouns-and-concrete-nouns|Abstract nouns and concrete nouns]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/CONJUNCTIONS-→-Correlative-Conjunctions|CONJUNCTIONS → Correlative Conjunctions]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Prepositions-of-Direction|Prepositions of Direction]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Punctuation|Punctuation]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/-After--as-an-adverb| After as an adverb]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Confusion-between-Adjectives-and-Adverbs|Confusion between Adjectives and Adverbs]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Questions|Questions]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/More-Uses-of-the-Dash|More Uses of the Dash]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Subjunctive-mood|Subjunctive mood]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Countable-and-Uncountable-Nouns|Countable and Uncountable Nouns]]
* [[Language/English/Grammar/DEMONSTRATIVE-PRONOUNS|DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS]]
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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:

  1. an indirect object 
  2. 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
mail
make
order
owe
paint
pass
pay
read
sell
send
serve
set
sew
ship
show
sing
teach
tell
throw
toss
write

Sources[edit | edit source]

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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