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TRANSITIVE VERB

A verb or verb construction expressing an action that is required an object to complete meaning.

INTRANSITIVE VERB

A verb or a verb construction that does not require an object.

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EXAMPLE

WALK (TRANSITIVE)“I walked this coast yesterday”The coast is the object of walked. So, walked is a transitive verb.WALK (INTRANSITIVE)I walked yesterdayThe sentece has no object. The word “yesterday” is not a noun but an adverb which function as a modifier of time. Therefore, it can not be an object. In this sentence “walk” is an intransitive verb

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DRINK (TRANSITIVE)I drink a glass of coffee between breakfast and lunch time.(it is obvious that coffee is the object of drink. Therefore, drink is transitive)

DRINK (INTRANSITIVE)Lately I don’t drink much(the sentence has no object because “much” is an adverb. The verb drink is intransitive)

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PRAY (TRANSITIVE)I pray a good luck for him)PRAY (INTRANSITIVE)I pray every morning before leaving for work

CRY (TRANSITIVE)Randy cried the lost of his beautiful catCRY (INTRANSITIVE)Randy cried this morning. I don’t know why.

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PUT (TRANSITIVE)Please put the computer in the corner of the roomPUT (INTRANSITIVE)The ship put into the harbor

LAUGH (TRANSITIVE)All the students laughed at him when his pants broke. (here, the object of laughed is “him”)LAUGH (INTRANSITIVE)The audience laughed during the show time

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REFERENCE

Binsar Sihombing, Barbara Burton; English Grammar Comprehension; PT Grasindo, Jakarta, 2007