TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE VERBES
Transitive verbs are verbs that require one or move objects to make their meaning clear for example
She drove the car
I saw her in the market
He drank juice
A like transitive verbs and intransitive verbs do not need many objects to complete his sentences.
An intransitive verbs has many characteristics.
it is an action verb that expresses a durable activity like arrive walk, die example : I have arrived.
Exercise
Do the exercise below, deciding whether the verb in bold are transive or intransive. Remember to know whether a verb is transitive, it answers the question’what’ or ‘whom’ use I for transitive and for intransitive.
- Mama was crying all day long
- We showed her the new gown
- It was raining at that time
- The teacher advised me to exercise regularly
- She laughed at the joke
- She gave a coin to the child.
