Transitive and Intransative Verbs

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Transitive Verbs A transitive verb is followed by a word or words - called the direct object - that answer the question – what? Or whom? Example: The pilot landed the antique airplane. (Airplane is the direct object that answers the question landed what? After the verb landed.) Click to keep going

Intransitive Verbs Intransitive verbs are action verbs that do not have a direct object. Example: The pilot landed carefully. (There is no direct object answering the question landed what? Or whom?) Click to keep going

PRACTICE Practice Directions: Click Transitive Intransitive Directions: Louis Bleriot flew his plane across the English Channel in 1909. In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to New York City. Airplane technology grew quickly. In 1914, the First World War began. Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes. The government counted 1,036 airports in the United States in 1927. In the 1930’s, passengers used planes as an important means of transportation. After the war, even the U.S. Postal Service realized its need for airplanes. Jet engines generate more noise that propeller engines. Nearby residents complain sometimes about the noise problem. 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 Click

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