Kinds of Verb
A verb is a word which says something about a subject.
Kinds of Verb- TRANSITIVE
Read the following sentences:
1. The teacher teaches the boy.
2. The carpenter makes the furniture.
2. The carpenter makes the furniture.
Each of the above verb requires an object to complete its sense.
A verb which requires an object to complete its sense is called a Transitive Verb.
Kinds of Verb- INTRANSITIVE
Read the following sentence:
1. Cats mew.
2. Birds fly.
1. Cats mew.
2. Birds fly.
Each of the above verb makes good sense and does not require an object.
A verb which does not require an object to complete its sense is called an Intransitive verb.
Read the following sentences:
1. You seem tired .
2. He appears sad.
3. The guilty mind is always in fear.
1. You seem tired .
2. He appears sad.
3. The guilty mind is always in fear.
Each of the above Intransitive verb does not make sense by itself, but requires a word or words to be added after it to make complete sense.
The word or phrase so added is called the Complement .
Note : Some verbs are used both Transitively and Intransitively.Study the following examples:
Transitive Intransitive
1. He broke the slate . The slate broke .
2. The peon rings the bell. The bell rings .
3. He runs a factory. The hare runs.
4. He wrote a story. He wrote clearly.
5. They fly kites. Birds fly in the sky.
1. He broke the slate . The slate broke .
2. The peon rings the bell. The bell rings .
3. He runs a factory. The hare runs.
4. He wrote a story. He wrote clearly.
5. They fly kites. Birds fly in the sky.
Direct and Indirect Objects
Read the following sentences:
1. Abdul gave me a present .
2. I told her a story.
2. I told her a story.
Some transitive verbs have two objects after them: One of which is a person (Indirect Object) and the other a thing (Direct Object) .
The words 'me' and 'her' in the above sentence are Indirect Objects and 'present' and 'story' are Direct Objects.
The Indirect object usually comes before the Direct object.
The Indirect object usually comes before the Direct object.
Exercise 1 :
Pick out verbs in the following sentences and say whether they are Transitive or Intransitive. Name the object of each Transitive verb and the Complement of each incomplete verb:
1. Sunil runs very fast.
2. The children are flying kites.
3. Cats kill rats.
4. She is drawing the map of India.
5. The cows graze in the meadow.
6. Raju won a scholarship.
7. Sardar Harnam Singh teaches us English .
8. The ship sank in the sea.
9. Ashoka was a great king.
10. The sun rises in the east .
11. The earth is round.
12. She seems innocent.
13. Honey tastes sweet.
14. The driver stopped the bus.
15. Milk turns sour in summer.
16. The child laughs .
17. The young man spoke loudly.
18. She is making a doll.
19. The girl became sad.
20. He is an engineer.
2. The children are flying kites.
3. Cats kill rats.
4. She is drawing the map of India.
5. The cows graze in the meadow.
6. Raju won a scholarship.
7. Sardar Harnam Singh teaches us English .
8. The ship sank in the sea.
9. Ashoka was a great king.
10. The sun rises in the east .
11. The earth is round.
12. She seems innocent.
13. Honey tastes sweet.
14. The driver stopped the bus.
15. Milk turns sour in summer.
16. The child laughs .
17. The young man spoke loudly.
18. She is making a doll.
19. The girl became sad.
20. He is an engineer.
Exercise 2:
1. Honey tastes....
2. A good boy obeys....
3. You look ....
4. I found ....
5. The gardener waters.....
6. Boys play....
7. We missed....
8. The sun gives....
9. He is....
10. She became....
2. A good boy obeys....
3. You look ....
4. I found ....
5. The gardener waters.....
6. Boys play....
7. We missed....
8. The sun gives....
9. He is....
10. She became....
Exercise 3:
1. The frog ....into the well. (fell , felled).
2. The woodcutter ....a tree. ( fell, felled).
3. The books .....on the table. ( lying, laying).
4. He .....the books on the table. ( lay, laid).
5. The hen.....an egg. (lay, laid).
2. The woodcutter ....a tree. ( fell, felled).
3. The books .....on the table. ( lying, laying).
4. He .....the books on the table. ( lay, laid).
5. The hen.....an egg. (lay, laid).
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