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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>


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English Double object verbs

Hello English learners! 😃


In today's lesson, we're going to study English verbs that can have two objects.


In English, some verbs have 2 objects:

  1. an indirect object 
  2. and a direct object.


Subject Verb Indirect object Direct object
My husband sent her a letter
She brought her father some fruits.
She cooked all her friends a delicious cake.

These clauses have the following structure:

VERB + NOUN (indirect object) + NOUN (direct object)

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