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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

The document explains the distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs, highlighting that transitive verbs require an object to complete their meaning, while intransitive verbs do not. It provides examples of both types of verbs, illustrating how sentences can be incomplete without an object for transitive verbs. Additionally, it lists several examples of both transitive and intransitive verbs.

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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

The document explains the distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs, highlighting that transitive verbs require an object to complete their meaning, while intransitive verbs do not. It provides examples of both types of verbs, illustrating how sentences can be incomplete without an object for transitive verbs. Additionally, it lists several examples of both transitive and intransitive verbs.

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TRANSITIVE AND

INTRANSITIVE VERBS
TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE
VERBS
• A verb can be described as transitive or intransitive based on whether it requires
an object to express a complete thought or not.
•
• A transitive verb is one that only makes sense if it exerts its action on an
object.It needs an object to make sense.
•
An intransitive verb will make sense without an object.

Some verbs may be used both ways.It may or may not have an object but still is
meaningful and complete.
TRANSITIVE VERBS
• Read this sentence.

• The girl carried the pot.

• the girl= subject


• carried= verb
• the pot= object

• The girl carried is incomplete and makes no sense. She carried what? who?
• The answer is provided by the object the pot. The sentence is complete with the object.
Therefore carried is a verb that needs an object .It is a transitive verb.

•
TRANSITIVE VERBS
• Read this sentence.

• He paid the rent.


• he = subject
• paid = verb
• the rent = object
• He paid.. Is it complete? No.
• You would ask- what?
• Therefore the verb paid requires an
• object to make it complete. It is a transitive verb.
TRANSITIVE VERBS
• Study these sentences.Identify the subject ,verb, object.Remove the object to
see whether the sentence makes sense.What do you understand?

• The chief guest distributed prizes.

• I sent a mail.
TRANSITIVE VERBS
• The boy threw the ball.

• The boy is flying a kite.


TRANSITIVE VERBS
• She watered the plants.

• He draws pictures.
TRANSITIVE VERBS
• I booked the tickets.

• The hen lays eggs.


TRANSITIVE VERBS
• Mother bought some gifts.

• Grandma is telling a story.


TRANSITIVE VERBS
• SOME MORE TRANSITIVE VERBS
want praised do
pass love accept
offer hate helped
deliver enjoy discuss
catch prefer convinced
maintain know touched
borrowed dig felt
sells told tore
showed brought wore
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• An intransitive verb is the opposite of a transitive verb: It does not require an
object to act upon.

• They jumped.
• they=subject
• jumped =verb
• No object
• Is it complete? Yes.
• Is it meaningful? Yes.
• The verb jumped does not require an object to make sense.Therefore it is an
intransitive verb.
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• Study these sentences.

• She sang.

• Birds fly.
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• The children played.

• She walked.
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• He laughed.

• The sun shines.


INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• A dog barks.

• They ran.
INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• SOME MORE INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• grow left
• pray shouted
• listen
• swim
• work
• relax
• run
• rises
• sets
TRANSITIVE OR
INTRANSITIVE VERBS?
• I completed the work.
• He spent the money.
• She speaks English.
• The thief escaped.
• She dances well.
• The baby cried.
• Water flows.
• He changed the settings.
• I plucked the roses.
• The man died.

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