1. Transitive and Intertransitive Verbs
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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
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Key terms for transitive/intransitive verbs
Direct objects are words that receive the action of the verb.
Some verbs have direct objects and others do not.
If the verb has a direct object, it is transitive.
If it does not, it is intransitive.
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Does it have a direct object?
To determine whether a verb has a direct object, Ask: whom or what after it
Some verbs will be both transitive and intransitive. It depends on how the verb is used.
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Check out this example:
He wrote the manuscript.
The verb is wrote. Ask yourself: He wrote (what) Answer: The manuscript is the direct object.
Therefore wrote is a transitive verb.
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Another example:
The dog shook his tail.
The verb is shook. Ask yourself: The dog shook (what) Answer: Tail is the direct object.
Therefore shook is a transitive verb.
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Examples of intransitive verbs
Mrs. Carper applauded.
The verb is applauded. Ask yourself: Applauded (whom or what?) Answer: There is no word to receive the action
of the verb applauded and no direct object. Therefore applauded is an intransitive verb.
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The dog shook.
The verb is shook. Ask yourself: Shook (whom or what?) Answer: There is no word to receive the action
of the verb shook and no direct object. Therefore shook is an intransitive verb.
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The wild, wild world of verbs
Verbs are the most confusing part of speech.
However, every sentence must have a verb to complete the meaning of the subject.
Do not become overwhelmed by all the types of verbs. Write simply and clearly are my words of advice to you.