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VERBS: Transitive, Intransitive,
Linking, and Helping
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VERBS: Transitive, Intransitive, Linking, and Helping, Slides of Latin language
A transitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity like kick, want, paint, write, eat, clean, etc.
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Language Presentation by Mark
VERBS: Transitive, Intransitive,
Linking, and Helping
Let’s look at some examples:
What in the world is a
Transitive Verb?
What’s similar in each sentence?
Monica baked a cake.
David gave Matt the ba!.
The parents consider the child a genius.
Mark painted his room blue.
The shelf holds books.
A transitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity. Second, it must have a direct object, something or someone who receives the action of the verb.
What in the world is a
Transitive Verb?
The action PASSES from the subject to the object!
Lydia paints a picture
Lydia paints a picture.
Transitive Verbs are like a door that opens to a land of objects.
Etymology: “transire” (Latin) meaning to pass
Transitive Verb:
Takes an object
Ellis wrote a poem
E!is wrote a poem.
grammar
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Sentence Analysis:
Transitive Verb
A transitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a
doable activity like kick, want, paint, write, eat, clean, etc. Second, it must have
a direct object, something or someone who receives the action of the verb.
Monica baked a cake.
Subject Predicate Direct Object
Monica baked a cake
Sentence Analysis:
Transitive Verb
A transitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a
doable activity like kick, want, paint, write, eat, clean, etc. Second, it must have
a direct object, something or someone who receives the action of the verb.
Subject Predicate Direct Object
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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.
What in the world is an
Intransitive Verb?
The action is not passed on to a direct object.
Birds fly.
The waves crash.
Children play.
The bell rang.
The shelf holds.
grammar
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Sentence Analysis:
Intransitive Verb
The pony trots.
Subject Predicate
The pony trots
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.
Let’s look at some examples:
What in the world is a
Linking Verb?
What’s similar in each sentence?
Kiera is a shopaholic.
The sunset was good.
Mary is a friend.
The trip was amazing.
The farmer is Jeff.
Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they are a type of intransitive verb that connects the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the examples below:
What in the world is a
Linking Verb?
Kiera is a shopaholic.
The sunset was good.
Mary is a "iend.
The trip was amazing.
The farmer is Jeff.
They link a subject with
some word or word group
Sentence Analysis:
Linking Verb
Mark is a musician.
Subject Predicate Direct Object
Mark is a musician
Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they are a type of intransitive verb that connects the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the example below: subject complement noun
Sentence Analysis:
Linking Verb
Subject Predicate Direct Object Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they are a type of intransitive verb that connects the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. subject complement noun
Create your own!
Sentence Analysis:
Linking Verb
Predicate Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they are a type of intransitive verb that connects the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the example below: subject complement adjective