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Verbs with direct or indirect object (exercise number one) These sentences are from my English grammar textbook but there's no an answer key.   May I ask for your help, please?   Thank you very much in advance for your attention.   Last year, Bob McGee, the Scottish billionaire, was generous. Rewrite the sentences from 01 to 14 by putting in order the parts of speech. 01) He/his daughter/gave/a diamond ring He gave his daughter a diamond ring. 02) He/New Year's presents/all his friends/to/sent He sent New Year's presents to all his friends. 03) He/a dozen roses/his wife/bought/every day He bought his wife a dozen roses every day. 04) He/his brother/half a million pounds/lent He lent his brother half a million pounds. 05) He/paid/his servants/to/good salaries. He paid good salaries to his servants. 06) He/his art collection/to/offered/the city museum/for nothing He offered his artcollection to the city museum for nothing. 07) He/his rare stamp collection/tourist/to/showed He showed his rare stamp collection to tourists. 08) He/his life story/told/Time magazine/to/for free He told Time magazine his life story for free. But his neighbour, Bruce McScrooge, was very mean. 09) His friends/him/Christmas presents/sent His friends sent him Christmas presents. 10) He/any presents/didn't give/them/to He didn't give any presents to them. 11) His wife/lunch and dinner/for/cooked/him/every day His wife cooked for him lunch and dinner every day. 12) He/didn't give/any thanks/her He didn't give her any thanks. 13) The museum/a million pounds/had to pay/for/him/his art collection The museum had to pay him a million pounds for art collection. 14) Time magazine/him paid/£200,000/his life story/for/to Time magazine paid £200,000 to him for his life story.

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Verbs with direct or indirect object (exercise number one)

These sentences are from my English grammar textbook but there's no an answer key.  
May I ask for your help, please?  
Thank you very much in advance for your attention.  

Last year, Bob McGee, the Scottish billionaire, was generous. Rewrite the sentences from 01 to 14 by putting in order the parts of speech.

01) He/his daughter/gave/a diamond ring

He gave his daughter a diamond ring.

02) He/New Year's presents/all his friends/to/sent

He sent New Year's presents to all his friends.

03) He/a dozen roses/his wife/bought/every day

He bought his wife a dozen roses every day.

04) He/his brother/half a million pounds/lent

He lent his brother half a million pounds.

05) He/paid/his servants/to/good salaries.

He paid good salaries to his servants.

06) He/his art collection/to/offered/the city museum/for nothing

He offered his art collection to the city museum for nothing.

07) He/his rare stamp collection/tourist/to/showed

He showed his rare stamp collection to tourists.

08) He/his life story/told/Time magazine/to/for free

He told Time magazine his life story for free.


But his neighbour, Bruce McScrooge, was very mean.

09) His friends/him/Christmas presents/sent

His friends sent him Christmas presents.

10) He/any presents/didn't give/them/to

He didn't give any presents to them.

11) His wife/lunch and dinner/for/cooked/him/every day

His wife cooked lunch and dinner for him every day. 



12) He/didn't give/any thanks/her

He didn't give her any thanks.

13) The museum/a million pounds/had to pay/for/him/his art collection

The museum had to pay him a million pounds for his art collection.

14) Time magazine/him paid/£200,000/his life story/for/to

Time magazine paid £200,000 to him for his life story.

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Thank you Louis!
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well done! :)

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