Transcript Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

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