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 Transitive Verbs
A transitive verb is followed by a word or words - called
the direct object - that answer the question – what? Or
whom?

Example: The pilot landed the antique airplane.

(Airplane is the direct object that answers the question
landed what? After the verb landed.)

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 Intransitive Verbs

Intransitive verbs are action verbs that do not have a

direct object.

Example: The pilot landed carefully. (There is no direct object

answering the question landed what? Or whom?)

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Transitive Intransitive

1. Directions:
Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in 1909. 1 1

2. In 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss piloted his craft from Albany to 2 2

New York City.
3 3
3. Airplane technology grew quickly.
4 4
4. In 1914, the First World War began.
5. Both sides in the war found new uses for airplanes. 5 5

6. The government counted 1,036 airports in the United States 6 6

in 1927.
7. In the 1930’s, passengers used planes as an important means 7 7
of transportation.
8. After the war, even the U.S. Postal Service realized its need 8 8
for airplanes.
9. Jet engines generate more noise than propeller engines. 9 9

10. Nearby residents complain sometimes about the noise 10 10

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