Verbs With Two Objects

Verbs with two objects
Task 1: What are the sentence parts? Write the names in the boxes below
the sentence (subject / verb / direct object / indirect object).
Sara gave Tom a ticket for a game.
Ms. Hoover bought her husband some new trousers.
Tessa sent a nice letter to her boyfriend.
They cooked a nice meal for their friends.
She lent her her pen.
We didn´t say anything to Tim and Tessa.

Task 2: Sara und Tessa are shopping at the moment. They are trying on
some new clothes. Choose the right answer from the words in brackets.
Sara: “Can you give _____________ (to me / me / for me) this yellow shirt, please?”
Tessa: “Of course, it fits perfectly to your new blue skirt. If you buy it, can you lend it _____________ (me
/ to me / for me) next weekend for Tom´s party?
Sara: “Sure, that´s no problem.”
Tessa: “I would like to have a new pair of blue shoes. My parents bought these _____________ (for me /
to me / me) three years ago and I don´t like them anymore.”
Sara: “OK! What about those over there? They look nice.”
Tessa: “Oh, yes. Can you get them _____________ (to me / for me / me)?”
Sara: “Oh, no! Look! The shop assistant is giving _____________ (to them / for them / them) to another
woman. We were too slow.”
Tessa: “That´s a pity! However, can you give _____________ (to me / for me / me) those dark-
blue ones over there. They look nice, too.”
Sara: “Sure! I will fetch them _____________ (to you / for you / you).”
Tessa: “Thanks! But I am hungry and thirsty.”
Sara: “So am I. Let´s buy _____________ (us / to us / for us) something to eat and to drink.”
Tessa: “Damn it! I haven´t got enough money. Can you lend _____________ (for me / to me /
me) some?”
Task 3: Bring the sentence parts into the correct order. Sometimes you
need to add a “to” or a “for” to the sentence.
1. the new grammar / explains / Ms. Hoover / the class / often
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. me / a nice story / yesterday / my father / yesterday
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. a chocolate cake / Ms. Meyer / made / Lisa / last weekend
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. Tom / it / is sending / her
_____________________________________________________________________________
Verbs with two objects
Task 1: What are the sentence parts? Write the names in the boxes below
the sentence (subject / verb / direct object / indirect object).
Sara gave Tom a ticket for a game.
subject verb indirect direct

object object
Ms. Hoover bought her husband some new trousers.

object object
Tessa sent a nice letter to her boyfriend.
subject verb direct indirect

object object
They cooked a nice meal for their friends.

object object
She lent her her pen.

object object
We didn´t say anything to Tim and Tessa.

object object
Task 2: Sara und Tessa are shopping at the moment. They are trying on
some new clothes. Choose the right answer from the words in brackets.
Sara: “Can you give ____me______ (to me / me / for me) this yellow shirt, please?”
Tessa: “Of course, it fits perfectly to your new blue skirt. If you buy it, can you lend it ___to
me___ (me / to me / for me) next weekend for Tom´s party?
Sara: “Sure, that´s no problem.”
Tessa: “I would like to have a new pair of blue shoes. My parents bought these ____for me___ (for me /
to me / me) three years ago and I don´t like them anymore.”
Sara: “OK! What about those over there? They look nice.”
Tessa: “Oh, yes. Can you get them _____for me______ (to me / for me / me)?”
Sara: “Oh, no! Look! The shop assistant is giving ____them______ (to them / for them / them) to
another woman. We were too slow.”
Tessa: “That´s a pity! But can you give ____me_________ (to me / for me / me) those dark-
blue ones over there. They look nice, too.”
Sara: “Sure! I will fetch them ____for you_______ (to you / for you / you).”
Tessa: “Thanks! But I am hungry and thirsty.”
Sara: “So am I. Let´s buy ___us_______ (us / to us / for us) something to eat and to drink.”
Tessa: “Damn it! I haven´t got enough money. Can you lend ___me_____ (for me / to me /
me) something?”
Task 3: Bring the sentence parts into the correct order. Sometimes you
need to add a “to” or a “for” to the sentence.
1. the new grammar explains Ms. Hoover the class often
____Ms. Hoover often explains the new grammar to the class.____________________
2. me a nice story yesterday My father yesterday
_____My father told me a nice story yesterday.__________________________________
3. a chocolate cake Ms. Meyer made Lisa last weekend.
__Ms. Meyer made a chocolate cake for Lisa last weekend.______________________
4. Tom it is sending her
___Tom is sending it to her.____________________________________________________

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Sara gave Tom a ticket for a game.

Ms. Hoover bought her husband some new trousers.

Tessa sent a nice letter to her boyfriend.

They cooked a nice meal for their friends.

She lent her her pen.

We didn´t say anything to Tim and Tessa.

subject verb indirect direct

Ms. Hoover bought her husband some new trousers.

subject verb indirect direct

Tessa sent a nice letter to her boyfriend.

subject verb direct indirect

They cooked a nice meal for their friends.

She lent her her pen.

subject verb indirect direct

We didn´t say anything to Tim and Tessa.

subject verb direct indirect

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