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Verbs with Two Objects: To and For —
Forms in Context.

Choose the option that completes each sentence in context.

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Question 1

Before the visitors arrived, the manager gave _____.

Options: the guide to a map, the guide a map, the guide for a map

Question 2

Grace needed a camera for her holiday, so I lent _____.

Options: my camera Grace, Grace to my camera, my camera to Grace

Question 3

The customer asked how much delivery cost, so the assistant showed _____.

Options: the customer the price list, the customer to the price list, the price list the customer

Question 4

At the evening class, Rosa teaches Spanish _____ adults who have just started learning the language.

Options: of, to, into

Question 5

The gloves are a present for Dad. I bought _____.

Options: the gloves to him, for him the gloves, the gloves for him

Question 6

While we unpacked, our host cooked a hot meal _____ us.

Options: for, of, to

Question 7

My little brother was hungry, so at the café I ordered _____.

Options: a bowl of soup to him, a bowl of soup for him, him for a bowl of soup

Question 8

Omar needed the documents for his meeting, so I sent _____.

Options: the documents Omar, Omar the documents to, the documents to Omar

Question 9

Eva was ill and asked me to post her uncle’s birthday present. I sent the package _____ Eva, and her uncle phoned to thank her when it arrived.

Options: for, to, at

Question 10

The coach needed the whistle, so I gave _____.

Options: her to it, it to her, it to she

Question 11

Those boots are for the children; we bought _____.

Options: them to them, for them them, them for them

Question 12

The waiter saw that my hands were full and opened _____.

Options: the door for me, me the door, for me the door

Question 13

Please explain _____ before we start the game.

Options: us the rules, the rules to us, the rules us

Question 14

During the phone call, the agent described _____.

Options: us the flat, us to the flat, the flat to us

Question 15

After the interview, the director _____ a few kind words to me and _____ me the result.

Options: said, told, told to

Practice Verbs with Two Objects: To and For — Forms in Context with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 15 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every choice.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Verbs with Two Objects: To and For — Forms in Context in everyday English.

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