Determining what transitive and intransitive verbs are is just one of the students' difficulties in studying English subjects. And this topic would easily enable them to understand another difficulty, identifying the active and passive voice of a verb.
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Parts of Speech
A. Nouns/Kinds of Nouns
1. Singular and Plural Nouns
B. Pronouns/Kinds of Pronouns
C. Verbs/Kinds of Verbs
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
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Examples;
1) He composed an emotional song. (the action 'composed' is directed toward something which is 'song')
2) Mother bakes my birthday cake. (the action 'bakes' is directed toward something which is 'cake')
3) She helped the old man in crossing the street. (the action 'helped' is directed toward someone which is the old man)
4) The AFP send their military men to Basilan. (the action 'send' is directed toward someone which is the military men)
A verb is intransitive when the doer of the action does not direct the action toward someone or something.
Examples:
1) The sky darkened in the east.
2) Father already left from his office.
3) The glass broke.
4) Tinay fell.
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Active and Passive Voice
Voice tells whether the subject of the sentence is the doer or the receiver of the action.
The verb is in the active voice if the subject performs the action.
Examples:
1) Mother gave me a new dress. (the subject 'mother' performs the action 'gave')
2) He played the basketball game fair and square.
The verb is in the passive voice if the subject receives the action.
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1) I was given a new dress by Mother. (the action 'given' is received by the subject 'Mother')
2) The basketball game was played fair and square by the team. (the action 'played' is received by the subject 'team')
3) The messenger was sent to the office.
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