TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS- DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS

 TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS

Verbs are either transitive or intransitive. Transitive verbs take an object; intransitive verbs do not:

Mrs. Jones bakes wonderful pies. (the verb "bakes" is transitive because it takes one object: "wonderful pies")

She gave him a present. (the verb "gave" is transitive because it takes two objects: "him" and "a present".)

She walks very fast. (the verb "walks" is intransitive because it does not take any objects.)

Some verbs are listed in the dictionary as both transitive and intransitive depending on the context in which they are used. 

For example, the verb ran has one meaning in the sentence

The horse ran very fast. (intransitive)

and a different meaning in

The women ran a bazaar at the fair. (transitive, "a bazaar at the fair" is the object.)

TYPES OF OBJECTS

There are two types of objects: direct and indirect objects:

A direct object answers the question "who?" or "what?"
Examples:

"I saw John this morning.": John is the direct object of the verb .(Who did you see?)

"The horse jumped the fence.": the fence is the direct object of the verb. (What did the horse jump?)

In addition to a direct object, a sentence may have an indirect object. 
An indirect object answers the question "to whom?", "for whom?", it is the recipient of the direct object.

 There must be a direct object for an indirect object to be placed in a sentence. In other words, an indirect object cannot exist without a direct object.

Examples:

"He told them the truth.": us in the indirect object of the verb. (To whom did he tell the truth?)

"The teacher sent an email to all the students.": to all the students is the indirect object of the verb. (To whom did the teacher senf an email?)

WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO AND TAKE NOTES.

DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/subjects-and-predicates/v/subject-direct-object-and-indirect-object-syntax-khan-academy

Then we are going to analyse the following sentence:

The clever children passed their examination last week.

Read the file and then watch the video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19UihVZ10qBV622TXq9gGU37gwiXSBjbi/view?usp=sharing

Try to analyse these sentences:

1. The man in the car was waving his hand.
2. The man had left the bag in the car that day.
3. I saw John this morning.
5. The teacher sent an email to the students yesterday.

6. My best friend told me a secret about her family.