This document discusses direct and indirect object pronouns and word order. It explains that some verbs can have two objects, usually a thing as the direct object and a person as the indirect object. It notes that if the direct object is a noun, the usual word order is verb + indirect object + direct object, and if the direct object is a pronoun, the usual word order is verb + direct object + indirect object with "for" or "to" before the indirect object. The document provides examples to illustrate these points.

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