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Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination B2 (Unit 15: Grammar - The passive / the causative / direct and indirect objects)


Direct and indirect objects

Some verbs can be followed by both a direct and an indirect object (usually a person).
These verbs include:
bring, buy, get, give, lend, make, offer, owe,pass,promise, send, show, take, teach, tell, write, etc.

Active Passive
We can put the indirect object either immediately after the verb, or at the end of the sentence with a preposition (for/to, etc).
A friend gave my sister this cookery book.
A friend gave this cookery book to my sister.
The subject of the sentence can be either the indirect object or the direct object of the active sentence.
My sister was given this cookery book by a friend.
This cookery book was given to my sister by a friend.



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