English Grammar fundamentals-iI

Course: B.TechSem. II

Subject: ECLSUnit: Verbs-Intransitive and Intransitive

Verbs

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Verbs. What is a verb?

• A verb is a word which describes an action in a sentence (the doing word)

ExamplesI play football.They skip quickly.We eat spaghetti.Bob is seven today.

Stative verbs/action verbs

• Action verbs describe actions we take or things that happen

• Stative verbs describe states, they refer to the way the things are (appearance, state of being etc)

• Stative verbs are never used in continuous forms

Verbs showing emotions

• like, love, dislike, hate, prefer, adore, want, wish, desire, etc

• I wish to stay thin

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Verbs that show possession

• have, own, possess, contain, include, belong, etc

• She has a cat

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Verbs that show thought• know, believe,

understand, realise, remember, forget, notice, recognise, think, seem, expect etc

• She realises she has won

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Verbs that show senses

• see, hear, smell, taste, feel, sound, look

• The butterfly looks beautiful

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Some other verbs

• fit, need, matter, cost, mean, owe, require, weigh,

• Our body requires vitamins

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States/actionsthink

• Annie and Dixon think bowling is fun

• They are thinking how to tell their parents that they want to go out with their friends later

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States/actionstaste

• This chocolate rose tastes fabulous

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• She is tasting chocolate

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States/actionssee

• I see a doctor• I see what’s wrong

with my patient• I am seeing my

patient tomorrow

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States/actionslook

• This butterfly looks beautiful

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• She is looking at the butterfly

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States/actionsfeel

• The baby’s hair feels like silk

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• The doctor is feeling the patient’s forehead

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States/actionssmell

• These roses smell beautiful

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• She is smelling the rose

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States/actionshave

• She has a cat

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• The cat is having a swim

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States/actionsweigh

• This rabbit weighs a lot

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• The owner is weighing her rabbit

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States/actionsfit

• The dress fits her perfectly

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• They are fitting a new dress on her

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States/actionsappear

• He appears to be irritated

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• Cameron Diaz is appearing in “Green Hornet” soon

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States/actionsbe

• Generally he is a friendly person but he is being really angry today. What has happened?

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Transitive VerbsTransitive VerbsTransitive VerbsTransitive Verbs

Transitive VerbsTransitive Verbs• express an action directed toward a person, a place,

a thing, or an idea (a.k.a., nouns)

• The action passes from the doer (the subject) to the receiver of the action.

• The words that receive the action of transitive verbs direct objects always nouns

• Transitive verbs can only be action verbs. Linking verbs are NEVER transitive.

Transitive Verbs: ExamplesTransitive Verbs: Examples

• Derrick greeted the visitors.– Derrick greeted whom? The action (greeted)

passes from the subject (Derrick) to the object (visitors).

• When will Felicia paint her room?– Felicia will paint what? The action (will paint)

passes from the subject (Felicia) to the object (room).

Intransitive VerbsIntransitive Verbs

• express action or tell something about the subject without the action passing to a receiver, or object

• Intransitive verbs may be either action or linking verbs.

Intransitive Verbs: ExamplesIntransitive Verbs: Examples• The train stopped.– The train stopped what? There is nothing in the

sentence to say what the train stopped (i.e., there is no object). There is no transfer of action.

• Last night we ate on the patio.– We ate what? There is nothing in the sentence to

say what we ate (i.e., there is no object). We did not eat some “on the patio.” This is a prepositional phrase telling where we ate, not what. There is no transfer of action.

Transitive or Intransitive? Transitive or Intransitive?

• The children play checkers.– The children play WHAT? “Checkers” is a

noun telling what they play, so “play” is transitive.

• The children play quietly.– The children play WHAT? “Quietly” is not a

noun and it is not what they play (it is how they play), so “play” is intransitive.

Label the subjects and verbs in these sentences. Tell whether the verbs are transitive or intransitive.

• Melanie ate a baked potato.

• Hector and Tom are reading.

• They painted the house.

• Did you carry his suitcase?

• My plant grows quickly.

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