Transitive and Ditransitive Verbs
Transitive verbs
Transitive verbs are verbs which exert an action onto an object.
I ate a meal. He cleaned the table. They waved their wands.
NB: In the above example, verbs are emboldened and objects are italicised.
Ditransitive verbs
Ditransitive (or bitransitive) verbs are similar but make use of two objects…
I told the secret to Thomas. She passed Sonia the ball. He shared the rest with his mother. They gave his lunch money to us.
NB: In the above example, verbs are emboldened, first objects are highlighted in purple, and second objects are highlighted in pink.
Ditransitive verbs usually make use of prepositions, like those italicised in the example above.
NB: In the examples below, verbs are emboldened, subjects are highlighted in purple, and objects are highlighted in pink. Additionally, prepositions are occasionally italicised. Definition Different v
Definitions Transitive verbs are those which exert an action upon the object. I caught the ball. They asked her. He loves her. Intransitive verbs, on the other hand, describe actions (or states) that
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