1.
Direct/indirect objects pronouns
word order
EF Intermediate +
1A

2.
Direct/indirect object
• Some verbs can have two objects, usually a
thing (the direct object) and a person (an
indirect object).
They’ve shown their friends their new flat
We bought our father some books

3.
Direct/indirect object
• If the direct object is a noun, we usually use verb
+ indirect object + direct object .
They’ve shown their friends/them* their new flat
We bought our father/him* some books
*Use the object pronoun, not the subject pronoun
they them, he him

4.
Direct/indirect object
• If the direct object is a pronoun, we usually use
verb + direct object + indirect object with either
for/to before the indirect object
They’ve shown it to them*
We bought them for him*
*After to/for, use the object pronoun, not the
subject pronoun for they them, to he him, for
she her, to I me