Verbs, Transitive and Intransitive

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Issue # 008, 6th June, 2009

In This Issue:

1. Writing Articles
2. Verbs, Transitive and Intransitive
3. Spread the Word

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Verbs, Transitive and Intransitve.

I remember at school, the simple description that we were taught of verbs was:

“Doing words.”

Quite funny, when I think about it now.

But that is quite right. Verbs are words that indicate the occurrence of an action.

Here are a few example of verbs:

Jump, kick, laugh, talk and hide.

And here are examples of their use in sentences:

The dog jumped over the fence and chased us.

The boy kicked the ball.

“Don’t laugh at me,” Dorothy said.

That man talks like a policeman.

The boy tried to hide under the table.

Now I want to discuss the transitive and intransitive nature of verbs.

A transitive verb is a verb which has a direct object. An object refers to that which receives the action.

For example, remember this sentence?

The boy kicked the ball.

The verb in this sentence is kicked. The object is the ball, because it receives the action that is indicated by the verb.

An intransitive verb is a verb which expresses an action without a direct object.

For example, we could write:

The woman fought.

The verb in the above sentence is fought, and it does not have a direct object, but it makes perfect sense.

A verb can either be transitive, intransitive, or both.

Before you use a verb in your writing, it is a good idea to check whether it is transitive or intransitive so that you can know whether or not to associate an object with it.

For example, the word slash is a transitive verb. You always have to associate an object with it. You cannot say:

The man slashed.

The sentence will not make sense. The question which the reader will be asking is:

What did he slash?

So, always include an object for this particular verb:

The man slashed the new jacket.

Hope you found this article helpful.

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