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Unit<br />
9 6 Give me that book! Give it to me!<br />
give lend pass send show<br />
SA RA H<br />
After these verbs (give/ lend etc.); there are<br />
t w o possible structures:<br />
give som ething to somebody<br />
O I gave the keys to Sarah.<br />
give somebody som ething<br />
O I gave Sarah the keys.<br />
give som ething to somebody<br />
som ething<br />
to som eb o d y<br />
That's m y book. Give it to me.<br />
These are Sue's keys. Can you give them to her?<br />
Can you give these flowers to yo ur m other?<br />
1 lent m y car to a friend o f m ine.<br />
Did you send the m o ney to Kate?<br />
W e've seen these photos. You showed them to us.<br />
give somebody som ething<br />
so m ebody<br />
som ething<br />
Give me that book. It's m ine.<br />
Tom gave his m o ther so m e flowers.<br />
1 lent Joe som e money.<br />
H o w m uch m o ney did you lend him ?<br />
1 sent you an email. Did you get it?<br />
Nicola showed us her holiday photos.<br />
Can you pass me the salt, please?<br />
You can also say buy /get som eb o d y som ething':<br />
O I bought my m other som e flowers. (= I bought som e flowers for m y m other.)<br />
O I'm going to the shop. Can I get you anything? (= get anything for yo u)<br />
You can say:<br />
O I gave the keys to Sarah.<br />
a n d<br />
a n d<br />
I gave Sarah the keys.<br />
(b u t n o t I gave to Sarah the keys)<br />
O That's m y book. Can you give it to me?<br />
Can you give me that book?<br />
(b u t n o t Can you give to m e that book?)<br />
W e prefer the first structure (give som ething to so m eb o d y) w ith it or them:<br />
O I gave it to her. (n o t I gave her it)<br />
O Here are the keys. Give them to your father, (n o t Give yo ur father them )<br />
202 ( it/ him / them ecc. Unit 59<br />
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