Exercise 1

Look at the following sentences.

Rudi told his friends something
The university has awarded Rudi a scholarship
The sentences above illustrate the sentence pattern subject + verb + indirect object + direct
object
Make more sentences of this type by putting the following words into correct sentences!
The students / some homework / the English lecturer / assigned
Awarded / the best students / a prize / the university
Him / sent / the committee / the news
The letter / Rudy / me / showed
The details / him / gave / the letter
Will / the university / mail / him / a check
Must pay / the university / the tuition fee / Rudi
An honor / Rudi / has given / the university
A fellowship / the United Nations / him / offered
The director / him / an interesting salary / promised

Here are the sentences with the given words put into correct sentences following the subject +
verb + indirect object + direct object pattern:
The students assigned some homework the English lecturer.
The university awarded the best students a prize.
The committee sent him the news.
Rudy showed me the letter.
The letter gave him the details.
The university will mail him a check.
Rudi must pay the tuition fee the university.
The university has given Rudi an honor.
The United Nations offered him a fellowship.
The director promised him an interesting salary.
Exercise 2
The pattern subject + verb + indirect object + direct object , can also be changed into the
pattern subject + verb + direct object + a prepositional phrase. Consider the following
example
The university sent Rudi the letter
The university sent the letter to Rudi

Make more sentences of this type by changing the sentence pattern subject + verb + indirect
object + direct object into the sentence pattern subject + verb + direct object + a prepositional
phrase.
Rudi told his friends the news
The university gave Rudi a scholarship
The university sent Rudi the instruction
The university will issue Rudi a check
Rudi will send the university a receipt
My mother made me a birthday cake
The class sent Rudi congratulations
His mother bought Rudi a gift

Here are the sentences with the sentence pattern changed from subject + verb + indirect object
+ direct object to subject + verb + direct object + a prepositional phrase.

Rudi told the news to his friends

The university gave a scholarship to Rudi.
The university sent the instruction to Rudi.
The university will issue a check to Rudi.
Rudi will send a receipt to the university.
My mother made a birthday cake for me.
The class sent congratulations to Rudi.
His mother bought a gift for Rudi.