Language/English/Grammar/Double-Object-Verbs-(Ditransitive-verbs)
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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:
- 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)