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Transitive and Intransitive Verb

The document discusses transitive and intransitive verbs. It provides examples of each: 1) A transitive verb is followed by a direct object answering "what?" or "whom?". For example, "The pilot landed the antique airplane" where "airplane" is the direct object. 2) Intransitive verbs do not have a direct object and the action is not passed to another noun. For example, "The pilot landed carefully" which does not have a direct object answering "landed what?". The document then provides a practice with 10 sentences identifying whether each verb is transitive or intransitive. It encourages the reader to practice and reviews

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Transitive and Intransitive Verb

The document discusses transitive and intransitive verbs. It provides examples of each: 1) A transitive verb is followed by a direct object answering "what?" or "whom?". For example, "The pilot landed the antique airplane" where "airplane" is the direct object. 2) Intransitive verbs do not have a direct object and the action is not passed to another noun. For example, "The pilot landed carefully" which does not have a direct object answering "landed what?". The document then provides a practice with 10 sentences identifying whether each verb is transitive or intransitive. It encourages the reader to practice and reviews

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Transitive and

Intransitive Verbs
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Verbs

 Transitive
 Intransitive

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Transitive Verbs
A transitive verb is followed by a word or words - called
the direct object - that answer the question – what? Or
whom?

Example: The pilot landed the antique airplane.


(Airplane is the direct object that answers the question
landed what? After the verb landed.)

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Intransitive Verbs

Intransitive verbs are action verbs that do not have a


direct object.

Example: The pilot landed carefully. (There is no direct object


answering the question landed what? Or whom?)

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PRACTICE
Practice
Transitive Intransitive

1. Directions:
Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in 1909. 1 1

2. In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to 2 2


New York City.
3 3
3. Airplane technology grew quickly.
4 4
4. In 1914, the First World War began.
5. Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes. 5 5

6. The government counted 1,036 airports in the United States 6 6


in 1927.
7. In the 1930’s, passengers used planes as an important means 7 7
of transportation.
8. After the war, even the U.S. Postal Service realized its need 8 8
for airplanes.
9. Jet engines generate more noise than propeller engines. 9 9

10. Nearby residents complain sometimes about the noise 10 10


problem.
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Transitive and
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Verb Quiz
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