Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in less than 5 minutes

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Learn about Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in less than 5 minutes.

TRANSITIVE VERBS

These verbs should be followed by a direct object.
- Otherwise, it would sound weird and make no sense.
Example:

She’s wearing…	What is she wearing?
She’s wearing a suit to work.	Her uniform for work is a suit.
Jenny’s wearing a T-shirt today.	Jenny is using a T-shirt.
He’s wearing pijamas.	He is not wearing formal clothes.

We arrived.	We made to our destination.
He lied.	He didn’t tell the truth.
I cried.	I was sad and let tears run down my eyes.
The sun rose at 5:24.	‘at 5:24’ answers when, so it is not a direct object.
Mary is sleeping on the couch.	‘on the couch’ answers where, so it is not a direct object.

Noun or pronoun that receives the action.
- It is called ‘Direct Object’.
- A direct object answers the question of ‘who?’ or ‘what?’ received the action of the verb.

Sometimes, a verb can be both Transitive and Intransitive, depending on the use.

TRANSITIVE	INTRANSITIVE
Lucia plays basketball every Monday and Wednesday.	Lucia plays outside.
We will continue the meeting after lunch.	After lunch the meeting continued.

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