1. I gave him the book. Note: gave is a trans. verb; its dir. obj. is the book; its indirect obj. is (to) him. Only trans. verbs take a dir. obj. The trans. verb operates directly on its dir. obj. (you give a book, not a person) and only indirectly on its indir. obj. Only certain trans. verbs have this dir. obj./indir. obj. pattern, for example: give, throw, send, read, etc. Others, like s