lets talk about verbs… bridget green grammar mfwi 2007

Let’s Talk about

VERBS…Bridget Green Grammar MFWI 2007

We enjoy singing.She admitted her mistake.Bring your homework.He found it.

Take a look…

They laughed.She coughed.The bus has arrived.I’m working.

S V OWe enjoy singing.She admitted her mistake.Bring your homework.He found it.

Subject, Verb, and Object?

They laughed.She coughed.The bus has arrived.I’m working.

We enjoy singing.She admitted her mistake.Bring your homework.He found it.

What’s the difference?

They laughed.She coughed.The bus has arrived.I’m working.

We enjoy singing.She admitted her mistake.Bring your homework.He found it.

Transitive Verbs

They laughed.She coughed.The bus has arrived.I’m working.

Intransitive Verbs

They laughed. She coughed.The bus has arrived. I’m working.

Intransitive Verbs

Intransitive verbs are verbs that are not followed by an object.

Intransitive Verbs

However, they can be followed by other things, like prepositions or adverbs.

They laughed at the joke.The bus has arrived late.

Transitive Verbs

Transitive verbs are verbs that are followed by an object.

We enjoy singing. She admitted her mistake.Bring your homework. He found it.

Transitive VerbsThe object is usually a noun phrase.

She admitted her mistake.

But it can be a noun clause.

She admitted that she was wrong.

Or a gerund…

She admitted making a mistake.

Transitive Verbs

Sometimes there are two objects!

Bring me your homework.

Transitive VerbsBut it is wrong to have NO OBJECT.

We enjoy.She admitted.Bring.He found.

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Which is it?I love that song!The train is leaving.Who cut your hair?We were sitting by the fire.I want to go to New Zealand.Will you give me a hand?My son is waiting for his test results.I have to make my son an appointment.It doesn’t matter.

Which is it?1. I love that song!2. The train is leaving.3. Who cut your hair? 4. We were sitting by the fire.5. I want to go to New Zealand.6. Will you give me a hand?7. My son is waiting for his results.8. I have to make my son an

appointment.9. It doesn’t matter.

Transitive

Transitive

Transitive

Transitive

Which is it?1. I love that song!2. The train is leaving.3. Who cut your hair? 4. We were sitting by the fire.5. I want to go to New Zealand.6. Will you give me a hand?7. My son is waiting for his test results.8. I have to make my son an appointment.9. It doesn’t matter.

Intransitive

Intransitive

Intransitive

Intransitive

Intransitive

Which is it?

Intransitive Transitive

talk enjoytalk enjoy

TransitiveVerbs

IntransitiveVerbs

How do you know?Look in a

dictionary!

But…Some verbs can be

EITHER Intransitive OR Transitive.

INTRANSITIVEEITHER

TRANSITIVE OR INTRANSITIVE

TRANSITIVE

disagree choose beat

listen graduate enjoy

look agree discuss

improve envy

feel introduce

  know recognize

  lose admire

  meet recommend

  win respect

  move challenge

relax teach imagine

think learn  

Which is the verb? Label the sentence [I] or [T].1. She drinks every day after work.2. He drinks a lot of water when he’s sick.3. My teacher drove the van downtown.4. He drove to Seattle in about five hours.5. Write a paragraph about your family.6. I’ll write to you when you go back to Japan.7. When the bell rings, you can begin.8. You can begin the test when the bell rings.

Which is it?

Which is it?

1. She drinks every day after work. I2. He drinks a lot of water when he’s sick. T3. My teacher drove the van downtown. T4. He drove to Seattle in about five hours. I5. Write a paragraph about your family. T6. I’ll write to you when you go back to Japan.

I7. When the bell rings, you can begin. I/I8. You can begin the test when the bell rings.

T/I

Intransitive OR Transitive

How do you know?Look in a

dictionary!

Transitive Verbs

Transitive verbs can be made passive.

The cat chased the mouse.

The mousewas chasedby the cat.

by = ‘the agent’ = who

Transitive Verbs

Passives…

People make cars in Japan.

Carsare made in Japan.by people.

‘be’ + pppp = ‘past participle’

Transitive Verbs

Passives…

1. In the passive, the ________ becomes the subject. 2. The verb is formed by the verb ______ + _______. 3. The verb is always [T] / [I]. (Which one? )

Can you remember?

Transitive Verbs

Passives…

1. In the passive, the OBJECT becomes the subject. 2. The verb is formed by the verb BE + PAST PARTICIPLE. 3. The verb is always [T] / [I]. (Which one? )

Answers…

Transitive!

Transitive Verbs

Passives…

WHY?*We use the passive when

we don’t know or we don’t really care

who does the action.

Carsare made in Japan.by people.

Transitive Verbs

Passives…

Carsare made in Japan.by people.

Usually we

don’t use

by someone in the passive

because we don’t know or we don’t care who does the

action.

*If we want to focus more attention

on the object, then we use the passive.

If we know who, then we add by someone.

1. We don’t know who.2. We don’t care who.3. We don’t want to say who.4. We want to focus on the object and not the subject.

Make these sentences active!

ActiveWorkers built the hotel.Tom builds houses. She makes wedding cakes.

PassiveThe hotel was built by the workers.Houses are built by Tom. Wedding cakes are made by her.

Homework

• Two grammar cards ([T] & [I], Passive)

• Check your homework before noon on the day of your class