transitive and intransitive verb is essential to make a correct sentence. without the knowledge of these two verbs, the learners cannot make a correct sentence. This slide describe it in nice way to make reader understand easily.

1. Transitive and
Intransitive Verbs

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Transitive and
Intransitive Verbs

3. Transitive Verbs
A transitive verb, used with a direct object,
transmits action to an object and may also
have an indirect object, which indicates to
or for whom the action is done.
In other words, a transitive verb is a verb
that transmits action to an object.

4. A transitive verb is followed by a word or
words - called the direct object - that answer
the question – what? Or whom?
Example: The pilot landed the antique
airplane. (Airplane is the direct object that
answers the question landed what? After the
verb landed.)

5. Examples…
He sent the letter.
(letter = direct object of sent)
She gave the lecture.
(lecture = direct object of gave)
**In these sentences, something is being
done to an object.

6. More on Transitive Verbs…
A transitive verb can also have an indirect
object that precedes, or comes before,
the direct object.
The indirect object tells to or for whom
the action is done, although the words to
and for are not used.

7. Examples…
He sent Robert the letter.
-The direct object (letter) receives the action
(sent). The indirect object (Robert) is the
person to whom the letter is sent.
She gave her class the lecture.
-The direct object (lecture) receives the
action (gave). The indirect object (class) is
the group to whom the lecture is given.

8. Intransitive Verbs
An intransitive verb does NOT take an
object.
She sleeps too much.
He complains frequently.

9. Let’s Practice
Tell me what each sentence is using – a
transitive or intransitive verb.
1. Kenny taught the class.
2. He sits around too often.
3. Rob ran the marathon in under two
hours.
4. That boy cries a lot.

10. Answers
1. Kenny taught the class.
TRANSITIVE
2. He sits around too often.
INTRANSITIVE
3. Rob ran the marathon in under two hours.
TRANSITIVE
4. That boy cries a lot.
INTRANSITIVE

11. 1.Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in 1909.
2.In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to New York City.
3. Airplane technology grew quickly.
4.In 1914, the First World War began.
5.Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes.
6.The government counted 1,036 airports in the United States in 1927.
7.In the 1930’s, passengers used planes as an important means of
transportation.
8.After the war, even the U.S. Postal Service realized its need for airplanes.
9.Jet engines generate more noise that propeller engines.
10.Nearby residents complain sometimes about the noise problem.