Kinds of Verb

Verb is a word that denotes an Action. There are four Kinds of Verb.

 1. Transitive Verb:

               

             Transitive verbs are action verbs that have an object to receive that action.

                    (eg)  She drinks water. (Object)

                             He drove the car. (Object)

 2. Intransitive Verb:

             Intransitive verbs are actions verbs but unlike transitive verbs, they do not have an object receiving the action.

                     (eg) The sun shines.

                             She is crying.

 3. Ditransitive Verb:

             

             Ditransitive verbs (sometimes called Vg verbs after the verb give) precede either two noun phrases or a noun phrase and then a prepositional phrase often led by to or for.

                     

                     (eg)  "The players gave their teammates high fives."

                             "The players gave high fives to their teammates."

             When two noun phrases follow a transitive verb, the first is an indirect object, that which is receiving something, and the second is a direct object, that being acted upon. Indirect objects can be noun phrases or prepositional phrases.

 

 4.Double Transitive Verb: 

             

             Double transitive verbs (sometimes called Vc verbs after the verb consider) are followed by a noun phrase that serves as a direct object and then a second noun phrase, adjective, or infinitive phrase. The second element (noun phrase, adjective, or infinitive) is called a complement, which completes a clause that would not otherwise have the same meaning.

                       

                 (eg) "The young couple considers the neighbors wealthy people."

                         "Some students perceive adults quite inaccurately."

                         "Sarah deemed her project to be the hardest she has ever

                          completed."