00:01Transitive and intransitive verbs
00:05Verbs can either be transitive or intransitive.
00:09Transitive verbs must have a direct object to complete the thought.
00:14Intransitive verbs do not have a direct object.
00:18Let's start by reviewing what a direct object is.
00:22A direct object is the person or thing that receives the action from the subject.
00:28For example, she eats watermelon for breakfast.
00:33The action is eat.
00:35And it's the watermelon that is receiving the action.
00:39The direct object in this sentence is the watermelon.
00:44Here are some more examples.
00:48Here are the verbs.
00:50And here are the direct objects.
00:53Each is receiving the action.
00:56In these examples, the action moves from the subject, through the verb, to the direct object.
01:05From the subject, through the verb, to the direct object.
01:12Each of these verbs is a transitive verb.
01:15Because the action moves, or transits, from the subject to the object.
01:22These sentences would be incomplete without the direct object.
01:27Transitive verbs must have a direct object to complete the thought.
01:33Now, some sentences don't have a direct object.
01:36Because not all verbs need one.
01:39Verbs that don't need a direct object are called intransitive verbs.
01:45Take this example.
01:47The boy cried.
01:49There is nothing to receive the action.
01:51The action is not passed on to a direct object, because there is no direct object.
01:57Here are some more examples.
01:59An egg dropped on the floor.
02:02The audience laughed.
02:04Mr. Smith sneezed loudly.
02:07In these sentences, there is no direct object.
02:10The action is not passed on.
02:13These verbs are intransitive.
02:18See if you can work out whether the verbs in the following sentences are transitive or intransitive.
02:26Pause here while you work.
02:30Let's check the answers.
02:33In the first sentence, the action of the verb, brushed, moves through the subject, the girl, to the direct object,
02:40her teeth.
02:42This means brushed is transitive.
02:45Number two.
02:46There is no direct object that receives the action fell.
02:51The branch fell.
02:53To the ground is a prepositional phrase telling us where it fell.
02:58Because the action fell does not move to a direct object, fell is an intransitive verb.
03:06Number three.
03:07Placed.
03:08Placed what?
03:10The vase.
03:11The vase is receiving the action, which makes it a direct object.
03:16The action moves from the subject through the verb and to the direct object.
03:21Placed is transitive.
03:26The fourth sentence is written in passive voice.
03:30Who or what is receiving the action of the verb given?
03:33The children.
03:35The direct object is the children.
03:39The action of the verb moves from a hidden subject, most likely a teacher, to the children.
03:45This means given is transitive.
03:50Number five.
03:52Arrives is intransitive, as there is no direct object.
03:56There is nothing receiving the action.
04:00Number six.
04:02Died is another intransitive verb.
04:05There is no direct object.
04:10Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive, depending on their use.
04:16Take the verb melt from a sentence earlier in the lesson.
04:20The heat from the car melted the ice cream.
04:24Here, the verb melted is transitive, because the action is moving from the subject to the direct object, the ice
04:31cream.
04:33The verb melted becomes intransitive in the following sentence.
04:38The ice cream melted.
04:42Plays is another verb that can be transitive or intransitive.
04:54Here, the verb plays is intransitive.
04:58There is no direct object for the action to move to.
05:02In this sentence, the verb plays is transitive.
05:06The action moves through the verb to the direct object.
05:09Video games.
05:12As a final activity, write two sentences.
05:16One with a transitive verb.
05:19And one with an intransitive verb.
05:21Use the given verbs for ideas.
05:24If you like, leave your sentence in the comments section.
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