Grammar﹕No takeaway orders!

【明報專訊】MoMo and Pat are dining out. They are served by a waiter who looks familiar...

Eason: Shall I (1) bring you and your friend some bread?

MoMo: Thank you. Pat, please pass me the napkin, I don't want to (2) make my dress dirty.

Pat: Here you are. Shall we (3) order something for Dr Panda as well?

Eason: I'm sorry, we do not accept takeaway orders.

Pat: Bill did so last time! He was given some meal tickets for redeeming food!

Eason: I (4) gave him the forged tickets! Haha!

■English highway﹕ Direct and indirect objects

Some transitive verbs take two objects. The first noun phrase following the verb is the direct object (dO) and the second noun phrase is the indirect object (iO). Other phrases (e.g. adjective/ prepositional/ adverbial phrases) are NOT objects.

■Now you try

verb、direct object (dO)、indirect object (iO)、additional information .(see the picture)

(Answers on next text)

■Glossary

serve (v) 招待

takeaway (n) 外賣

redeem (v) 兌換

forged (v) 偽造的

[Smarties' Power English 第189期]