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AND INTRANSITIVE VERB85

Transitive and Intransitive It was so hot, all the
The old man snored plants died.
She fell down. loudly.
Verbs me verbs can be

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used only
ire an object. Examples oftransitively, because
In this chapter, learn:
recognize, admire, appreciate, etc.such verbs are merit,theyselect,
always
have objects (transitive) and
those that can't This merits an
answer.
recognize that man. (This-merit)
about verbs that can
I
(intransitive)
about verbs that can be used both transitively and intransitively rerb can be transitive or (tecegnize.)
about direct and indirect object used in a sentence. intransitive depending on
the way it is
used transitively
Hina ate an apple. Used intransitively
Hina ate on
The pilot flew the plane. time
The plane
The boy scored the
winning goal. flew steadily
The team scored
A transitive verb is a verb that speaks of an action which passes Ring the bell. well.
The doorbell
from the doer to the receiver (object). A transitive verb
(subject) rang loudly.
requires an object.
Grammar Point
I bought some wonderful books.
verb
Itis easy to decide Underline the verbs and write whether
whether a verb used transitively or the verbs in the
is transitive or intransitively. following sentences are
Alex takes the metro to college
object intransitive. For 1. The soldiers fought the enemy.
example, in the 6. The horn blew
2. The gunshot killed the man. loudly
sentence The girl locks 7. He killed the
I understood her requirement. the door, if we ask 3. The soldiers tiger.
The girl locks what?"
fought bravely 8. The moon shines dimly
we get the answer
4. Zohra drove the car.
The society chose 9 The plants grew in the
greenhouse.
a new
president. 'the door. Door is the 5. He laughed heartily
object of the verb 10. Birds fly in the air.
An intransitive verb is a verb that
speaks of an action which does lock. Therefore, lock is
not pass on to an object. transitive
Parul ran fast. In the sentence The girt Most transitive verbs
Some water fell on my shirt. runs fast, on the
usually have one object. However, in
other sentences where the verb has two
objects, one is the indirect object
The children slept hand, if we ask 'Runs
peacefully. what? there will be no
and the other, the direct
object.
There are some verbs which can
because the actions described
only be used intransitively. This is answer. The verb run The direct object is the one that receives the action
denoted by
by these verbs cannot be passed on has no object and is the verb directly. When we put the word what' after the verb,
the
to an object.
Examples of such verbs are: go, come, die, sleep, fall therefore intransitive. answer we get is the direct
object.
lhe, live, happen, exist, snore, etc.
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 TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
The man wrote the book. (Wrote what? The book.)
The boy threw the ball. (Threw what? The ball.) Grammar Point
the
The indirect object identifies 'to whom' or for whom/what Some transitive ve
action of the verb is performed. can stand alone wt
used in an imperat
The teacher gave him a prize.
way, like Enjoy,at
Gave what? A prize. (direct object) Eat!, Read!, Spea!
Gave to whom? Him. (indirect object)
Please tell us a story.
Tell what? A story. (direct object)
Tell whom? Us. (indirect object)
Pick out the verb, the direct object and the indirect object in the following
sentences. Write them in the table below.
. Tina bought him clothes. 6. Sagar teaches me goli.
2. Sheela wrote her a letter. 7. His father gave him some pocke
3. Ryan gave his friends a treat. money.
8. Gauri told me a secret.
4. Sudha offered her maid a raise.
5. The principal awarded the winner a 9 Please pass me the salt.
10. Can you tell me the way to the l
scholarship.
verb direct object indirect object
1.
2.
3
4
5
6.
7
8.
9
10.
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