Lección 3: Direct and indirect objects.

3. Direct and indirect objects.

''The direct object is the thing and the indirect object is the person.'' This is the easy way to identify the objects. Here you have an example:

Ian gave Claire some chocolates.

Indirect object.
Direct object.


We've got two structures:

Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object

She +  gave + him + a letter.
 We + bought + him + the sweater

Subject + verb + direct object + indirect object

She + gave + a letter + to him.
We + bought + the sweater + for him.


When do we put to? And for?

We give something TO someone, and we buy something FOR someone.

Some verbs with TO:
bring, feed, give, hand, lend, offer, owe, pass, pay, post, promise, read, sell, send, show, take, teach, tell, throw, write


Some verbs with FOR:
book, bring, build, buy, choose, cook, fetch, find, get, leave, make, order, pick, reserve, save


As we have seen, sometimes there is a pronoun and a noun after a verb such as give. The pronoun usually comes before the noun.

He gave her some flowers.


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Lección 2: Sentence structure.

2. Sentence structure.

The parts of a sentence are: subject, verb, object, complement and adverbial. There are five main structures which can be used.

1. Subject + verb       Something-  happened.

2. Subject + verb + object.     I - love - you.

3. Subject + verb + complement*   This pizza - is - spicy.

* the complement can be an adjective or a noun phrase.

4.  Subject + verb + adverbial.  It - is- behind you.

5. Subject + verb+ object+ object.    John - gave- her- a present.

ADVERBIALS: We can add adverbials to all the structures. (See the words in blue)



1. Subject + verb       Something-  happened suddenly.

2. Subject + verb + object.     I - love - you- intensively.

3. Subject + verb + complement*   Of course This pizza - is - spicy.

* the complement can be an adjective or a noun phrase.

4.  Subject + verb + adverbial. Unluckyly  It - is- behind you.

5. Subject + verb+ object+ object.    John - gave- her- a present. immediately.





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Lección 1: Tipos de palabras: sustantivos, verbos, adjetivos, etc.

Lección 1: Tipos de palabras: sustantivos, verbos, adjetivos, etc.

¿Que tipo de palabra?/ What kind of word?

En Inglés hay 8 tipos de palabras diferentes, a las cuales llamamos 'word classes' o 'parts of speech'. A continuación tenéis la clasificación y algunos ejemplos.

In English there are 8 different kinds of words, which are known as 'word classes' or 'parts of speech'. Here you have the classification and some examples.

1. Verbs: have, am, is, would, like, are, eat, see, etc.
2. Noun: work, cofee, food, table, chair, cat, dog, etc.
3. Adjective: important, cheap, expensive, beatiful, ugly, etc.
4. Adverb: tomorrow, yesterday, really, here, there, etc.
5. Preposition: to, at, on, off, in, etc.
6. Determiner: an, this, our, the, etc.
7. Pronoun: I, you, he , she, it, we, they, etc.
8. Linking word: so, and, but,etc.

Las palabras en las oraciones./ Words in sentences.

Algunas palabras pueden pertenecer a diferentes clases dependiendo de como son usadas en una oración.
Some words can belong to different classes depending on how they are used in a sentence.

Ejemplo:
Example:

Can I look at this?   VERB
I like the look of your hair.  NOUN.


We work there.  VERB
I'll be at work tomorrow.  NOUN.




Siguiente lección: La estructura de una oración: sujeto, verbo, objecto, etc./ Sentence structure: subject, verb, object, etc.