3.44 nouns used with 'give'

Many nouns can be used after 'give'.

Some of these nouns refer to verbal or facial actions. Using 'give' with one of these nouns often suggests that the action is involuntary or that it is not necessarily directed at other people. For example, 'She gave a scream' suggests that she could not help screaming.

Here is a list of nouns which refer to verbal or facial actions:

Another group of nouns are often preceded by an indirect object because they describe activities which involve someone else, apart from the speaker.

Here is a list of nouns which can be preceded by an indirect object:

A third group of nouns refer to speech actions.

Here is a list of nouns which refer to speech actions: