Transitive Verb & Intransitive Verb

 

Transitive and Intransitive verbs relate to action verbs. 

Action Verb:

Action verbs show physical and mental actions that a doer or performer performs.

Physical actions:  

run, read, write, drink, eat, kick, etc.

Mental actions:

love, hate, remember, think, decide, learn, etc.

Transitive Verb:

Those actions which require object to fulfill or convey their meaning in sentence are called transitive verbs. OR     Actions which depend on object in the sentence to convey their proper meaning are called transitive verbs.

Examples:   

Ali kicked the football.

Here, in the above example "kicked" is verb and "the football" is object which is supporting the meaning of verb. So, "kicked" is transitive verb.

Intransitive Verb:

Those actions which do not need object to fulfill or convey their meaning in sentence are called intransitive verbs.  OR    Actions which do not depend on object in the sentence to convey their proper meaning are called intransitive verbs.

Examples:

They read loudly.

Here, in the above example "read" is verb but loudly is not object. So, "read" is intransitive verb.