Transitive verbs require an object to complete their meaning:
Everyone admired Jon's new watch. (watch=object)
Transitive forms usually have a passive form.
Jon's watch was admired.
Transitive verbs include phrasal verbs:
The bus ran over the cat. The cat was run over.
Intransitive verbs have no object:
The children laughed.
Intransitive verbs include verbs of position - sit, lie - and verbs of motion - come, go, fall
We were sitting by the garden.
Some verbs can be both transitive and intransitive.
Jack was cooking. Jack was cooking a chicken
Jake felt the sharp points of the quills as they penetrated his leg.
Steve grows tomatoes to sell at the market.
Edit is a transitive verb.
Impatient is an adjective. Only action verbs can be transitive or intransitive.
Can you give me some sentences with transitive verbs laugh - They laughed. pause - I paused. read - May was reading. (read can be both transitive or intransitive) sit / lie / come / go / fall
Actually, yes, a verb can be transitive and intransitive depending on the sentence. The verb eat, for example, is transitive in this sentence: "I ate an apple," but is intransitive in this one: "Lindsay already ate."Other verbs can be both as well, such as "play," "clean," and "read."Verbs are transitive when they precede a direct object, and they are intransitive when they do not.
The verb to listen (past tense listened) can be transitive or intransitive. Examples: Transitive: We listened to the radio for weather reports. Intransitive: The teacher explained and I listened.
The verb phrase "boil the water" is transitive. Transitive verbs take a direct object. Boil is the verb, and water is the object. Transitive verbs phrases also have corresponding passive forms "The water is boiled."
Helping verbs are typically intransitive because they do not require a direct object to make sense in a sentence. They function to help the main verb in expressing tense, mood, or aspect.
Impatient is an adjective. Only action verbs can be transitive or intransitive.
Transitive verbs require a direct object to make sense in a sentence, while intransitive verbs do not have a direct object. For example, "She is reading a book" is transitive (reading requires an object - book), while "She sleeps peacefully" is intransitive (sleeping does not require an object).
Be is neither transitive nor intransitive because it is not an action. Be, and all forms of it, can be used as linking verbs and as auxiliary verbs.
transitive and intransitive verbs
Transitive and intransitive. Transitive verbs require an object; intransitives do not. Some verbs are both. Examples:hold (verb, transitive), as in "'I want to hold your hand,' he said."smile (verb, intransitive), as in "She smiled."kiss (verb, intransitive or transitive), as in "'Let's kiss," she said, and kissed him." [The first use is intransitive; the second transitive.]
Transitive verbs take a direct object: I open the book. Intransitive verbs do not take a direct object: I slept well.
There are transitive and intransitive verbs.
Verbs are either Transitive or Intransitive.
Transitive verbs require a direct object to complete their meaning, while intransitive verbs do not require a direct object. In other words, transitive verbs act on something or someone, while intransitive verbs do not transfer the action to an object.
Can you give me some sentences with transitive verbs laugh - They laughed. pause - I paused. read - May was reading. (read can be both transitive or intransitive) sit / lie / come / go / fall
Going to is an intransitive verb. Sentences containing intransitive verb cannot be converted into Passive Voice Transitive Verbs are verbs in a sentence which gives effects to the object in a sentence. Ex: Birds fly in the sky (Intransitive) He eats Mangos (Transitive)