Page 5 - Lesson Note

 A transitive verb gets its name from the idea that the action must transition through it to
an object in order to complete the meaning.
 Lisa caught.
( When the action does not make a transition through the verb to an object , the meaning is
incomplete)
 Lisa caught a fish.(here fish is the object) .Hence the meaning is complete.
 The meaning of a transitive verb is doesn‘t always make a transition to just a direct
object .It‘s not uncommon for the meaning ,transition‘ to an indirect object too.
Note-The indirect object is the recipient of the direct object. In the sentence. A better
word to associate when you see transitive is ‗transfer‟. A transitive verb needs
to transfer its action to something or someone—an object. In essence, transitive means
―to affect something else‖.

 Juan threw the ball.

 Could you phone the neighbors?

 What is a Intransitive verb-
 An intransitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable
activity like arrive, go, lie, sneeze, sit, die, etc. Second, unlike a transitive verb, it
will not have a direct object receiving the action.
 Here are some examples of intransitive verbs:

 Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the classroom door with only seven
seconds to spare.Arrived = intransitive verb.
 James went to the campus cafe for a steaming bowl of squid eyeball

stew.Went = intransitive verb.
 To escape the midday sun, the cats lie in the shade under our
cars.Lie = intransitive verb.

 Around fresh ground pepper, Sheryl sneezes with violence.Sneezes =
intransitive verb.