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VERBS WITH
DIRECT OBJECTS
DIRECT OBJECTS
Receives
the action of the
verb
Answers Whom? or What? of
the verb
It is usually a noun or
pronoun
DIRECT OBJECTS
Direct
object follows the verb
Two or more direct objects
form a compound direct
object
EXAMPLES:
Subject Verb
Direct Object
Television employs many workers.
Employs whom?
Television shows require writers and
editors.
Require what?
TRANSITIVE VS. INTRANSITIVE
When
an action verb has a direct
object to complete its meaning it
is a transitive verb
An action verb that has no direct
object is an intransitive verb
Since linking verbs do not
convey action and don’t have
direct objects, they are always
intransitive
EXAMPLES:
Transitive: Writers prepare
scripts. (Prepare what?
scripts)
Intransitive: Some viewers
laugh loudly. Others frown.
EXAMPLES:
Transitive: Some scripts
entertain viewers.
Intransitive: Some scripts
entertain.
PRACTICE:
S
V
DO
V
DO
Many workers create a show
for TV.
S
The producer chooses a script
and a director.
DO
PRACTICE:
S
V
The director makes many
DO
decisions.
S
V
Creative designers have planned
DO
the sets.