Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

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Transitive verbs

Transitive verbs are verbs that require one or more objects.

Examples:

• She cut the cake.
• They climbed the mountain.
• He gave her a flower.

The verbs cut, climbed, and gave have objects.

Transitive verbs	Objects
cut	the cake
climbed	the mountain
gave	her and a flower

Transitive verbs can be categorized into two types: monotransitive and ditransitive:

1. Monotransitive verbs are verbs that require exactly one object.
   Example:
   He wrote a poem
2. Ditransitive verbs are verbs that may require two objects, a direct object and an indirect object.
   Example:
   She offered him (first object) her car (second object).

Intransitive verbs

By contrast, intransitive verbs do not require an object.

Examples:

• They run.
• He died.
• She slept.
• It snows.

The verbs run, died, slept and snows have no objects. They are intransitive.