As I said I
will start with my section of vocabulary, now in relation with transitive and
intransitive verbs.I am going
to develop your conception of transitive and intransitive verbs with a few examples.
- These are
the most commonly used transitive verbs and
their synonyms (They need a direct object to have a completed meaning):
-Arrest:
taking into custody, imprisonment.
-Ask:
to raise a question, to demand => She asked me
if I were Spanish.
-Avoid:
to keep away from, to evade.
-Describe:
to make clear, to illustrate, to give details of.
-Do:
to accomplish something, to put into question.
-Enjoy:
to be pleased with.
-Find:
to discover, to encounter
-Force:
to break into, to press.
-Get:
to gain, to receive, to capture.
-Give:
to grant, to deliver, to produce.
-Hit:
to shot, to struck.
-Like:
to enjoy, to admire, to choose. => I like chocolate.
-Pull:
to drag, to move toward.
-Report:
to describe, to announce.
-See:
to observe, to perceive =>I will see you
tomorrow.
-Shock:
to shake, to revolt.
-Take:
to carry off, to decide on, to earn, to secure.
-Tell:
to communicate, to describe, to understand.
-Touch:
to have a contact.
-Visit:
to have a date, to go to see. => I visited my
uncle in London.
-Want:
to desire, to be greedy for.
-Warn: to advise, to prepare, to give notice.
- These
others are intransitive verbs (they do not need
any object to be completed).
-Appear:
to emerge, to expose itself, to look like.
-Arrive:
to achieve success, to come, to enter. => She
arrived late.
-Come:
to appear, to become available, to advance.
-Cry:
To scream, to lament, weeping.
-Fall:
to collapse, to ruin. => The bridge fell down.
-Fly:
to run away, to take to the air.
-Go:
to continue, to pass.
-Happen:
to come about, to occur.
-Matter:
to be important.
-Sleep:
to go to bed.
-Smile:
to be gracious, to look happy.
-Swim:
to keep afloat, to bathe, to take a dip. => I
swam in that great lake.
-Wait:
to remain, to expect, to sit up for.
-But
sometimes a verb can be both transitive and intransitive. These are some examples:
-Break:
to fracture, to crack, to rest. => I broke the
window. The window was broken.
-Burn:
to be on fire, to set fire.
-Empty:
to remove, to leave.
-Increase:
to grow, to raise.
-Open:
to start, to make accessible, to expose.
-Shut:
to close up, to keep away.
-Spoil:
to destroy, to decompose.
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