Transitive and Intransitive Verbs!

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• Transitive and Intransitive Verbs!

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Remember what nouns are?

• A person, place thing or idea!

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Transitive Verbs

• Read the sentence below.
• Joe held the baby.
• What is the subject?
• What is the verb?
• What did Joe hold?
• Is that a noun?
• THEN YOU HAVE A TRANSITIVE VERB!

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Remember!

• For a verb to be transitive, the action must be
  directed towards a NOUN.

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Lets try another one!

• Loretta brought flowers.
• What is the subject?
• What is the verb?
• What did Loretta bring?
• Is that flowers a noun?
• Do we have a transitive verb?

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Now you try it! Is the verb transitive?

• Our scout troop made a quilt.

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Yes it is!

• The scout troop MADE a quilt.
• quilt is a noun (thing).
• So the verb is transitive!

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Hold on now

• Were not done yet!

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Intransitive Verbs are next!

• These are verbs that do not express action
  towards a noun.

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Heres what an intransitive verb looks like

• The Evans twins played quietly indoors the whole
  day.
• What is the verb?
• The Evans twins played what?
• Is quietly a noun?
• So it CANNOT be a transitive verb, and therefore
  is intransitive.

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Lets try another one!

• Mrs. Stout cried very loudly when her students
  failed the test.
• What is the verb?
• How did Mrs. Stout cry?
• Is loudly a noun?
• Then what type of verb do we have?

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Yes!

• Its intransitive!

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Lets practice.

• Mrs. Stout swam ten laps.
• My husband swims very well.
• Mrs. Stout read aloud to the class.
• Mrs. Stout read a book on the very first day.
• The voters decided to elect him.
• I cant believe how quickly the dog chased the
  cat.
• Mrs. Jones rides horses.
• The cowboys rode cattle trails for days.
• The team celebrated by having pizzas.

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Whoa!!! What type of verb is that transitive,
intransitive, action, or linking?

• This morning, I woke up and felt really sleepy.
  I thought to myself, I really dont want to go
  to work today. But then I thought about how
  great my students are and how much I care about
  them. I thought about how they make me laugh and
  always put me in a good mood. They are amazing
  students! I could not imagine life without them.