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Transitive and
Intransitive
Verbs!
Remember what nouns are?
A person,
or idea!
place thing
Transitive Verbs
 Read
the sentence below.
 Joe held the baby.
 What is the subject?
 What is the verb?
 What did Joe hold?
 Is that a noun?
 THEN YOU HAVE A TRANSITIVE
VERB!
Remember!
For a verb to be
transitive, the action
must be directed
towards a NOUN.
Let’s try another one!
 Loretta
brought flowers.
 What is the subject?
 What is the verb?
 What did Loretta bring?
 Is that flowers a noun?
 Do we have a transitive verb?
Now you try it! Is the verb
transitive?
Our scout
troop
made a quilt.
Yes it is!
The
scout troop MADE a
quilt.
“quilt” is a noun (thing).
So the verb is transitive!
Hold on now…
We’re not done yet!
Intransitive Verbs are next!
These
are verbs that do
not express action
towards a noun.
Here’s what an intransitive
verb looks like…

The Evans twins played quietly indoors the
whole day.
 What is the verb?
 The Evans twins played what?
 Is quietly a noun?
 So it CANNOT be a transitive verb, and
therefore is intransitive.
Let’s try another one!
 Mrs.
Stout cried very loudly when her
students failed the test.
 What is the verb?
 How did Mrs. Stout cry?
 Is loudly a noun?
 Then what type of verb do we have?
Yes!
It’s intransitive!
Let’s practice.

Mrs. Stout swam ten laps.
 My husband swims very well.
 Mrs. Stout read aloud to the class.
 Mrs. Stout read a book on the very first day.
 The voters decided to elect him.
 I can’t believe how quickly the dog chased the
cat.
 Mrs. Jones rides horses.
 The cowboys rode cattle trails for days.
 The team celebrated by having pizzas.
Whoa!!! What type of verb is that…
transitive, intransitive, action, or linking?
This morning, I woke up and felt really
sleepy. I thought to myself, “I really
don’t want to go to work today.” But
then I thought about how great my
students are and how much I care about
them. I thought about how they make me
laugh and always put me in a good mood.
They are amazing students! I could not
imagine life without them.