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Transcript
Transitive vs.
vs Intransitive
Verbs
English
g
1
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
and IT - Skopje
Transitive verbs
VERB + OBJECT

When used
Wh
d iin active
ti voice,
i
require
i
further information to complete their
meaning
i and
d are ffollowed
ll
db
by objects
bj t
Examples:
p
 II’ll
ll
have to get a new battery for itit.
 Raise your hand if you can hear
me.
 Take what you want.
 They make computers.
Examples:
p

INCOMPLETE


COMPLETE


The committee named a new chairperson.
INCOMPLETE


The committee named.
COMPLETE


The shelf holds three books and a vase of flowers.
INCOMPLETE


The shelf holds.
The child broke.
COMPLETE

The child broke the plate.
Intransitive verbs
An intransitive verb
verb, on the other hand
hand,
cannot take a direct object:
The system has fallen down.
The temperature dropped.