SENTENCE PATTERN NOUN + VERB + NOUN + NOUN

SENTENCE PATTERN
NOUN + VERB + NOUN + NOUN

Verbs That Take Indirect Object

The following verbs are often used in the pattern noun + verb + noun + noun: ask, assign, award, bring, buy, cause, cost, deny, do, get, grant, guarantee, hand, lease, leave (in a will), lend mail, make, offer. Owe, pass, pay, play, promise, read, rent, serve, show, spare, teach, tell, throw.

                The students asked Prof. Ricci a lot of questions.
                She assigned them some homework.
                Prof. Ricci awarded the best student a prize.
                We bought Mrs. Johnson a gift.
                She served us some coffee.

Verbs That Take To/For

Except for sentences using the verbs cost, deny, spare, all sentences using these verbs can be rewritten in another pattern, using a preposition, without a change of meaning.

                We bought Mrs. Sabran a gift.
                We bought a gift for Mrs. Sabran.

                She served us coffee.
                She served coffe to us.

                They promised me a raise.
                They promised a raise to me.

                Prof. Ricci awarded the best student a prize.
                Prof. Ricci awarded a prize to the best student.

If a pronoun is used for the indirect object, it must be in the objective form :
me, you, him, her, it, us, them

.

                He rented the Todds an apartment.
                He rented them an apartment.

                The Chens sent Lou a letter.
                The Chens sent him a letter.

                The doctor’s report spared my wife and me a lot of worry.
                The doctor’s report spared us a lot of worry.

posted by : Rianda rita ayu