Nouns as Indirect Object

Some verbs , for example, 'give' , 'bring', 'show', 'ask', 'buy:, 'tell', often have an indirect object as well as direct object. The indifferent objects tells us what other person or things is indirectly affected by the verb. For example in 'I gave the book to the man', 'the book' is the direct object and 'the ma ' is the indirect object.

If the sentence reads, ' I gave the man the book', 'the book' is still the  direct object and 'the man' is still the indirect object. The word order (and commonsense) now tell us that 'the book' was given to the man.

Exercise

Construct sentences using these verbs below, so that each sentence will contain a direct object and an indirect object. Underline the indirect object in each sentence:

Example:

1. I gave 'the new boy' some help

2. I gave some money ' to the beggar'.

(a) give (b) bring (c) show (d) ask (e) buy (f) tell (g) offer (h) take (I) sell (j) donate