**Action Verbs** Transitive and Intransitive Direct and Indirect Objects

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Action VerbsTransitive and
IntransitiveDirect and Indirect Objects
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Action verbs express

• Physical action (run, smile)
• Mental action (think, analyze)
• Emotional action (love, hate)

Action verbs are either

• Transitive have a direct object
• Intransitive do NOT have a direct object

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Transitive vs. Intransitive Action Verbs

• A transitive verb has a direct object.
• is the receiver of the action
• is either a noun or pronoun
• answers whom? or what? AFTER the action verb
• can never be in a prepositional phrase
• Example The teacher taught a new lesson.
• An intransitive verb does NOT have an object.
• Example The teacher taught effectively.

Transitive because it has the direct object lesson
Intransitive because it has no object
effectively is an adverb
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Transitive vs. Intransitive Action Verb Patterns

• S TAV DO
• The hungry boy ate three bowls of cereal.
• S IAV
• The hungry boy ate.
• The hungry boy ate noisily and sloppily.
• The hungry boy ate in the cafeteria.
• As you can see, an INtransitive action verb can
  be followed by nothing or adverbs and/or prep.
  phrases.

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Direct Objects Review

• A direct object always.
• Comes after a transitive action verb
• Answers what? or whom?
• Is a noun or pronoun
• Never in a prep. phrase
• Example
• Casey gave a nice compliment.
• Casey gave what? compliment

Transitive action verb
noun - direct object
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Finding Direct Objects

• Process
• Re-arrange sentence if inverted or a question.
• Strip out prepositional phrases.
• Find the verb, and determine if it is an action
  verb. Dont forget about HVs!
• If so, look for a noun or pronoun that answers
  whom? or what? after the action verb. This is
  the DIRECT OBJECT!
• Example
• Mason stole a piece of candy.
• Mason stole a piece.
• Mason stole what? piece

action verb
TRANSITIVE action verb because it has DO
noun - direct object
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An intransitive action verb has a direct object.

1. True
2. False

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A direct object comes AFTER an intransitive
action verb.

1. True
2. False

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A direct object that follows a transitive action
verb is either a noun or pronoun.

1. True
2. False

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A direct object can NOT be in a prepositional
phrase.

1. True
2. False

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To determine if an action verb has a direct
object, ask how? after it.

1. True
2. False

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I bought some fries for lunch.

1. transitive
2. intransitive

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She laughed at my funny joke.

1. transitive
2. intransitive

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He fell off his bike.

1. transitive
2. intransitive

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Everyone loves Raymond.

1. transitive
2. intransitive

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Indirect Objects

• Always come BEFORE direct objects
• Is a noun or pronoun
• Cant be in a prep. phrase
• Answer to whom/what? or for whom/what? the action
  is done
• Can be compound

Direct object that answers what?

• Example
• I gave him a big kiss on the cheek.

Indirect object that answers to whom?
Transitive action verb
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Finding Indirect Objects

• Process
• Re-arrange sentence if inverted or a question.
• Strip out prepositional phrases.
• Find the verb, and determine if it is an action
  verb. Dont forget about HVs!
• Find the direct object (DO) by asking whom? or
  what? after the action verb.
• Find a noun or pronoun BEFORE the DO that answers
  to/for whom? or to/for what? This is the
  indirect object (IO). It receives the DO.
• Example
• Sarah gave me the rest of her lunch.
• Sarah gave me the rest.
• Sarah gave what? rest (which is the DO)
• Sarah gave rest to whom? me (which is the IO)

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Another Action Verb Sentence Pattern

• S TAV IO DO
• My sister bought Mom a beautiful bouquet of
  flowers for her birthday.
• My sister bought Mom a beautiful bouquet.

Indirect object that answers to whom?
Transitive action verb
Direct object that answers what?
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Lets Practice!

• What is the direct object in the following
  sentence?
• The teacher gave us a tricky question on the
  test.
• What kind of verb is gave?

Transitive action verb because it has a DO
Question is a noun that answers what? after the
action verb gave, so it is a direct object!
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Lets Practice!

• What is the indirect object in the following
  sentence?
• The teacher gave us a tricky question on the
  test.

Us is a pronoun that answers to whom? and comes
before the direct object question so it is an
indirect object!
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Lets Practice!

• In the following sentence, what is the word toy?
• Direct object
• Indirect object
• I bought my puppy a new toy from Puppies R Us.

Toy is a noun that answers what? after the action
verb bought so it is a direct object!
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Lets Practice!

• In the following sentence, what is the word
  puppy?
• Direct object
• Indirect object
• I bought my puppy a new toy from Puppies R Us.

Puppy is a noun that answers to whom? and comes
before the direct object toy so it is an indirect
object!
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Lets Practice!

• What is the direct object in the following
  sentence?
• girl
• him
• present
• birthday
• The girl gave him a present for his birthday.

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Lets Practice!

• What is the indirect object in the following
  sentence?
• girl
• him
• present
• birthday
• The girl gave him a present for his birthday.

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Lets Practice!

• What is the direct object in the following
  sentence?
• please
• me
• attention
• once
• Please give me your attention at once!

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Lets Practice!

• What is the indirect object in the following
  sentence?
• please
• me
• attention
• once
• Please give me your attention at once!

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Lets Practice!

• From memory, write the THREE sentence patterns
  that are possible with ACTION verbs.
• S TAV DO
• S TAV IO DO
• S IAV

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Lets Practice!

• What is wrong with this sentence pattern?
• S TAV IO
• Answer You cant have an IO without a DO!

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Lets Practice!

• What is wrong with this sentence pattern?
• S IAV IO DO
• Answer Intransitive action verbs dont have
  objects!

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Lets Practice!

• What is wrong with this sentence pattern?
• S TAV DO IO
• Answer IOs always come before DOs!

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Lets Practice!

• What is wrong with this sentence pattern?
• S TAV
• Answer Transitive action verbs always have a
  direct object!