CCAA Campinas Cambu
Extra Exercises Teacher Roberto
To or For?
Some verbs have two objects. Look at the examples:
Jack bought Mary a book.
In this example, Mary is the indirect object, and a diamond
ring, the direct object. When we
invert the order, we have to put a preposition before the
indirect object:
Jack bought a book for Mary.
Verbs that go with for: buy, cook, fetch, find, fix, get, keep,
leave, make, order, pick, reserve, save.
Verbs that go with to: award, fax, feed, give, grant, hand,
leave (in a will), lend, mail, offer, owe,
pass, pay, post, promise, read, sell, send, show, take, teach,
tell, throw, write.
The verb bring goes with either to (a place) or for
(someone).
When theres a pronoun, it usually comes after the verb (Jack
bought her a book). When there are
two pronouns, we use to or for (Jack bought it for her).
Exercise
I. Correct, if necessary:
a) Suzy cooked Michael to dinner.
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b) I can fix your computer to you.
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c) Karen is giving the boss the reports.
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d) Could you get that pencil for me?
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e) Can you bring the books to me?
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f) Dan, Jean left for you this message.
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g) I promised Lucy I would show the pictures for her.
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h) Would you like to reserve a table your family?
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i) Im going to post this letter to you.
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j) Darling, could you pass to me the salt?
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k) Did you really promise the favor for Alice?
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