1. Grammar Bootcamp Subjects and Objects ENGL 124 B03 Winter 2010

2. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Transitive verbs transfer their action from the subject to a direct object – a thing that can accept the action The suitcase held all her clothes subject object

3. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Transitive verbs transfer their action from the subject to a direct object – a thing that can accept the action Other examples of transitives: namebroke punishlift askbought losthit

4. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Transitive verbs transfer their action from the subject to a direct object – a thing that can accept the action Intransitive verbs cannot transfer action to anything else She dances himIt died him He slept themI complained it

5. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Transitive verbs transfer their action from the subject to a direct object – a thing that can accept the action Intransitive verbs cannot transfer action to anything else Many verbs can be transitive or intransitive He moved the piano. At last, he moved.

6. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Transitive verbs transfer their action from the subject to a direct object – a thing that can accept the action Intransitive verbs cannot transfer action to anything else Many verbs can be transitive or intransitive He moved the piano. At last, he moved.

7. Passive Voice Puts the direct object where the subject should be, omitting the actual subject, and changes the transitive verb into an intransitive one He moved the piano. subject verb object The piano was moved. subject verb