Grammar | Transitive, Ambitransitive, Intransitive Verbs

GRAMMAR

Transitive & Intransitive Verbs

Transitive Verbs:

Transitive Verbs need an object to completing the meaning.

 EXAMPLE: 

_ I cooked- Wrong (cooked what?) 

   I cooked pizza. 

_ Samir drove- Wrong (drove what?) 

   Samir drove a nice car yesterday. 

_  We play- Wrong ( play what?)

   We play tennis every day. 

Intransitive Verbs:

Intransitive verbs don't have a direct object after them.

EXAMPLE: 

_ He slept. 

_ Sarah cried.

_ They laughed.

_ We smiled.

Ambitransitive Verbs:

There are verbs that are both Transitive and Intransitive. Transitive can be in one sentence and intransitive in the another. We call them Ambitransitive Verbs. 

EXAMPLE: 

_ You have grown a lot since I saw you last year. (Intransitive) 

_ You have grown a long beard since I saw you last year. (Transitive) 

P.S. Sometimes the meaning changes depending on whether the verb is transitive or intransitive. 

EXAMPLE:

_ She runs for one hour every morning (Intransitive: run - the action/ sport) 

_ She runs a small grocery store (transitive: nun - manage)