Some sentences contain two objects:
We gave David the prize.
The two objects here are David and the prize. The element the prize is
the direct object (What did we give David? – The prize). The other object,
David, is called the indirect object (IO). Here are some more examples of sentences with two objects:
Indirect object Direct object
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They awarded James a salary increase.
She told her husband the news.
I asked him a question.
The postman brought us a package.
When two objects are present in a sentence, the indirect object comes first, followed by the direct object, so the pattern is:
Sentence pattern 4
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S V IO DO
We gave David the prize.
Pattern 4 sentences can often be rewritten as follows:
We gave David the prize. We gave the prize to David.
We gave David the prize.
The two objects here are David and the prize. The element the prize is
the direct object (What did we give David? – The prize). The other object,
David, is called the indirect object (IO). Here are some more examples of sentences with two objects:
Indirect object Direct object
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They awarded James a salary increase.
She told her husband the news.
I asked him a question.
The postman brought us a package.
When two objects are present in a sentence, the indirect object comes first, followed by the direct object, so the pattern is:
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S V IO DO
We gave David the prize.
Pattern 4 sentences can often be rewritten as follows:
We gave David the prize. We gave the prize to David.
