transitive verbs
Transitive verbs have a noun phrase as object:
| Noun phrase (Subject) | Verb phrase | Noun phrase (Object) |
| John We Some of the children |
wanted had been playing are learning |
a new bicycle. football. English. |
This pattern is N + V + N (noun + verb + noun).
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If I have an imperative sentence, where the action has actually not yet taken place. Will it still be considered transitive. Ex: "Bring the book."
Please discribe the intransitive and transitive verbs. I couldn't understand the given discribtion.
@ Ugis : i think it's because the unappropriate order.
What is different between intransitive (1) (2) (3) ?
If move (2) into (1) answer isn't correct.
Ugis
Hi Ugis and Budiman
I'm not really sure what you mean. This exercise is designed to help you see that transitive verbs (those that need an object to make sense) can take a noun phrase as an object.
The first question: He makes... has no meaning without the noun phrase: ...his own bread.
This sounds more complicated than it is. Compare the following:
He makes cakes. - 'cakes' is the object.
He makes the best cakes in the world. - 'the best cakes in the world' is the object.
I hope that makes some sense.
Jack Radford
The LearnEnglish Team
Ohh That is so clear !!!
I got it !!!
it really helps
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I undestand What u mean !!!