Inc. All rights reserved. Since we have studied predicate nominatives and direct objects, we can now learn about transitive and intransitive verbs.
Transitive verbs are verbs that have subjects or objects that receive the action.
They are either active voice or passive voice . Transitive active verbs are the verbs in sentences with a direct object. The subject is the doer and the direct object is the receiver of the action. Transitive passive verbs have the subject receiving the action with the doer in a prepositional phrase or omitted in the sentence. The ball was kicked by the boy.