offer

1

The hotel offered to us a bigger room.
The hotel offered us a bigger room.
The hotel offered a bigger room to us.

Offer is one of the verbs that can have two objects: a person and a thing.

Use offer + person + thing: ‘They offered me a job.’

You can also use offer + thing + to + person: ‘They offered the job to me.’

Do not put to before the person when the person comes immediately after offer.

2

My neighbour offered helping me with the boxes.
My neighbour offered to help me with the boxes.

When offer is followed by another verb, use the to-infinitive: ‘offer to help’, ‘offer to pay’.

Do not use offer + -ing.

3

My aunt offered me to stay at her house.
My aunt offered to let me stay at her house.
My aunt offered me a place to stay.

Do not use offer + person + to-infinitive to say what that person can do.

Use offer to let + person + infinitive: ‘She offered to let me stay.’

You can also use offer + person + noun: ‘She offered me a place to stay.’

4

They did me a very good offer for my car.
They made me a very good offer for my car.

When offer is a noun, use make, not do: ‘make an offer’, ‘make someone an offer’.