Explain and recommend patterns practice for English learners. This interactive vocabulary exercise helps students practise where to put to after explain and recommend. The activity focuses on explain something, explain something to someone, explain to someone why, recommend someone to someone, and recommend something to someone.
Choose the correct structure.
1. I wouldn’t recommend YOU HIM / HIM TO YOU.
2. I will explain HIM WHY / TO HIM WHY I believe in Nostradamus's visions.
3. That doesn’t explain TO THE DECISION / THE DECISION.
4. I’ve got two lawyers I want to recommend TO YOU / YOU.
5. I will try and explain YOU WHAT’S WRONG / TO YOU WHAT’S WRONG with this notion.
6. I called your cell to explain EVERYTHING / TO EVERYTHING.
7. The school recommends PARENTS TEACHERS / TEACHERS TO PARENTS.
8. Bill explained IT TO ME / ME IT nice and simple.
9. You could recommend OUR COMPANY TO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS / ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS OUR COMPANY.