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Chapter 15 p. 446
Verbs that take objects are known as transitive
verbs. Verbs not followed by objects are called intransitive
verbs.
Some verbs can be either transitive verbs or intransitive verbs, depending on
the context:
- Transitive Verbs -- Direct Object
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- I hope the Senators win the next game.
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- The Rangers shot
the puck through the net.
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- I will show my essay to three teachers.
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- Will you take the
money?
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- Intransitive -- No Direct Object
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- Did we win?
- She is beautiful.
- The team will be tired.
- The poem would have
been short.
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| Transitive Verbs -or- Action Verbs |
Sentences with Direct Objects
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| play |
The children play checkers |
| is baking |
Ms. Smith is baking an apple pie |
| flew |
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| draw |
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| drives |
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| smelled |
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| threw |
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