'She smiled beautifully'. 'She started a rumor'. One of these sentences has an intransitive verb and one has a transitive one. Want to know the difference?

Verbs are action words that describe what a subject does, is, or feels. Voice indicates the relationship between the action of a verb and its participants.

Verbs and Voices

Verbs and Voices in English Grammar

Dive into transitive verbs (e.g., 'write' a letter) and intransitive verbs (e.g., 'fall'). Detailed explanations and a quiz to test your knowledge.

"Transitive and Intransitive Verbs" in English Grammar

Understand transitive verbs (e.g., 'kick' a ball) and intransitive verbs (e.g., 'arrive'). This lesson includes practical examples and exercises for easy learning.

What Are "Transitive and Intransitive Verbs" in English Grammar?

Transitivity

"Transitivity" in English Grammar

Verbs are one of the most necessary elements to make a sentence. In fact, without a verb, we cannot have a meaningful sentence.

Verbs

What Are "Verbs"?

Based on how we conjugate verbs in the past simple and the past participle, they can be divided into two types: Regular verbs and Irregular verbs.

Regular and Irregular Verbs

"Regular and Irregular Verbs" in English Grammar

'I'm loving it!' or 'I love it!' Do you want to know which one of these famous advertisement mottos are correct? You got to learn about state and action verbs!

Actions and States

"Actions and States" in English Grammar

Auxiliary verbs help the main verb to express tense or voice or help make questions and negative sentences. That's why they're also called 'helping verbs'.

Auxiliary Verbs

"Auxiliary Verbs" in English Grammar

Have you ever repeated a word too much that made you think How boring it got! You can use light verbs instead of repeated verbs.

Light Verbs

"Light Verbs" in English Grammar

Some verbs do not need any complements to express a complete meaning. They show what the subject is doing without identifying a receiver for the action.

Intransitive Verbs

"Intransitive Verbs" in English Grammar

Linking verbs are connectors of the language. Their only job is to link a subject with a subject complement. Want to know how?

Linking Verbs

"Linking Verbs" in English Grammar

Mono-transitive verbs are a group of verbs that take a single verb complement, and show that the subject is performing the action of the verb on the complement.

Mono-transitive Verbs

"Mono-transitive verbs" in English Grammar

Ditransitive verbs are transitive verbs that take two objects. A direct object and an indirect object. Follow the article to read more about them.

Ditransitive Verbs

What Are Ditransitive Verbs in English Grammar?

There are five basic types of verbs: intransitive, linking, mono-transitive, di-transitive and complex-transitive verbs. In this lesson, we'll discuss the last.

Complex Transitive Verbs

Complex Transitive Verbs in English Grammar

Ergative verbs are a type of verbs that can be both transitive and intransitive. In this lesson, we will learn more about this type of verbs.

Ergative Verbs

Ergative Verbs in the English Grammar

Catenative verbs, also known as chain verbs, are followed by other verbs to form a chain of two or more verbs. In this lesson, we will discuss them in detail.

Catenative Verbs

Catenative Verbs in the English Grammar

'Causatives' indicate that someone did not do the action on their own, but they somehow intervened in the cause of the events.

Causatives

"Causatives" in the English Grammar

Reflexive verbs are verbs that are used transitively to reflect back to the subject. Let us learn more. Follow the article.

Reflexive Verbs

"Reflexive Verbs" in the English Grammar

Phrasal verbs are used very commonly in English, even more so in informal situations. Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and a preposition or a particle.

Phrasal Verbs

"Phrasal Verbs" in English Grammar

What are voices? How many voices are there in the English Grammar? Here are the most frequently asked questions by learners. Let us find the answers, here.

Voices

"Voices" in the English Grammar

When the doer of the action is mentioned you are using the active voice. Let us learn more.

Active Voice

What Is Active Voice in English?

Understanding the passive voice is important. The passive voice is used often by native English speakers. It's used both in formal and informal situations.

Passive Voice

Passive Voice in English Grammar

English has changed over time. Many words have changed their forms and pronunciations. In this lesson, we will cover the verbs that were changed.

Archaic Verb Conjugation

Archaic Verb Conjugation in English

The verb 'be' is a fundamental part of English, used in various forms to connect subjects with their descriptions, states, or identities.

The Verb 'Be' in English

The verb 'do' in English is a versatile action word used to perform tasks, ask questions, form negatives, and emphasize statements.

The Verb 'Do' in English

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What Are Transitive and Intransitive Verbs?

Based on whether or not the verbs need objects, they can be divided into __two__ groups:

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Transitive Verbs

**Transitive verbs** only have a complete meaning if they have an **object**, whereas intransitive [verbs ](https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/496/verbs) can make sense without one.

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Direct and Indirect Objects

A transitive verb takes a [direct object](https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/509/direct-objects/intermediate); that is, the noun that receives the action. It can also have an [indirect object](https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/510/indirect-objects/intermediate) that comes __before__ the direct object. The indirect object tells 'to' or 'for' whom the action is done.

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Examples of Common Transitive Verbs

Here is the list of common transitive verbs in English:

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Intransitive verbs do __not__ need an object. They can have other information after them, such as a [prepositional phrase](https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/485/prepositional-phrases/intermediate) or an [adverb](https://langeek.co/en/grammar/course/501/adverbs).

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Examples of Common Intransitive Verbs

Here is the list of common intransitive verbs in English:

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Examples of Common Transitive Verbs

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Examples of Common Intransitive Verbs

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