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Transitive verbs require an object to complete their meaning:
Everyone admired Jon's new watch. (watch=object)
Transitive forms usually have a passive form.
Jon's watch was admired.
Transitive verbs include phrasal verbs:
The bus ran over the cat. The cat was run over.
Intransitive verbs have no object:
The children laughed.
Intransitive verbs include verbs of position - sit, lie - and verbs of motion - come, go, fall
We were sitting by the garden.
Some verbs can be both transitive and intransitive.
Jack was cooking. Jack was cooking a chicken
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Is impatient transitive or intransitive?
Impatient is an adjective. Only action verbs can be transitive or intransitive.
What are the examples of transitive and intransitive verbs?
Can you give me some sentences with transitive verbs laugh - They laughed. pause - I paused. read - May was reading. (read can be both transitive or intransitive) sit / lie / come / go / fall
Can a verb be both transitive and intransitive?
Actually, yes, a verb can be transitive and intransitive depending on the sentence. The verb eat, for example, is transitive in this sentence: "I ate an apple," but is intransitive in this one: "Lindsay already ate."Other verbs can be both as well, such as "play," "clean," and "read."Verbs are transitive when they precede a direct object, and they are intransitive when they do not.
Is this sentence boil the water transitive or intransitive?
The verb phrase "boil the water" is transitive. Transitive verbs take a direct object. Boil is the verb, and water is the object. Transitive verbs phrases also have corresponding passive forms "The water is boiled."
Is Listen intransitive or transitive?
The verb to listen (past tense listened) can be transitive or intransitive. Examples: Transitive: We listened to the radio for weather reports. Intransitive: The teacher explained and I listened.
Are helping verbs transitive or intransitive?
they are transitive
Is impatient transitive or intransitive?
Impatient is an adjective. Only action verbs can be transitive or intransitive.
How do you tell transitive and intransitive verbs?
For intransitive verbs, you put that word in the blanks>. ____ something or ____ someone. If it makes sense, then its a transitive verb, if it doesn't its an intransitive verb.
Is be transitive or intransitive?
Be is neither transitive nor intransitive because it is not an action. Be, and all forms of it, can be used as linking verbs and as auxiliary verbs.
What are the parts of the verbs?
transitive and intransitive verbs
What are two kind of verbs?
Transitive and intransitive. Transitive verbs require an object; intransitives do not. Some verbs are both. Examples:hold (verb, transitive), as in "'I want to hold your hand,' he said."smile (verb, intransitive), as in "She smiled."kiss (verb, intransitive or transitive), as in "'Let's kiss," she said, and kissed him." [The first use is intransitive; the second transitive.]
What is the Difference between a transitive verb and intransitive verb?
Transitive verbs take a direct object: I open the book. Intransitive verbs do not take a direct object: I slept well.
What do you call two kinds of a verb?
There are transitive and intransitive verbs.
What are the two general kinds of verb?
Verbs are either Transitive or Intransitive.
What is the difference between tranisitive and intranistive verbs?
transitive has an object and intransitive do not have an object
What are the examples of transitive and intransitive verbs?
Can you give me some sentences with transitive verbs laugh - They laughed. pause - I paused. read - May was reading. (read can be both transitive or intransitive) sit / lie / come / go / fall
What is the passive voice of He is going to market?
Going to is an intransitive verb. Sentences containing intransitive verb cannot be converted into Passive Voice Transitive Verbs are verbs in a sentence which gives effects to the object in a sentence. Ex: Birds fly in the sky (Intransitive) He eats Mangos (Transitive)
