1. 1.He raises his hand. 2.A camel ate the grass. 3.They brought up their children abroad. 4.Ali saw the moon.

2. He raises verb his hand object

3. A camel ate verb the grass. object

4. They abroad. brought up verb their children object

5. 1.Ali saw verb the moon. object

6. In these examples, there is an object after the verb. A verb which can be followed by an object is called a transitive verb (vt)

7. transitive verbs (vt)can be used in the passive. 1.His hand is raised. 2.The grass was eaten by the camel. 3.The children were brought up. 4.The moon was seen by Ali.

8. 1.The sun rises. 2.Fahed paused. 3.They go to school. 4.Ahmad comes to my office.

9. 1.In these examples,there are no objects after the verbs 2.A verb which cannot be followed by an object is called an intransitive verb.

10. intransitive verbs (vi)cannot be used in the passive. 1.We cannot say this: The sun is risen. ×

11. Transitive verbs (vt) intransitive verbs (vi)

12. Using Commas with who, which and that.

13. I'll tell you about the universities which you can go to. If we take out it

14. I'll tell you about the universities. × The sentence doesn't have a complete meaning.

15. A pupil, who is in his last year at school, is discussing her career with …. If we take out it

16. A pupil is discussing her career with ….  The sentence still has a complete meaning.