TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS

 

*Transitive verbs (ngoại động từ- tha động từ) phải có tân ngữ đi kèm:

Ex:  She raised her eyebrowns.

Ex:  Do not surprise me!

*Intransitive verbs ( nội động từ - vị động từ) không cần có tân ngữ đi kèm

Ex: She swim very fast.

Ex: The price is rising.

 

There is a list of some common transitive and intransitive verbs that you need to know:

 

Transitive verbs

Intransitive verbs

To read

To write

To meet

To help

To climb

To pay

To supply

To surprise

To buy

To tell

To notice

To complete

To touch

To raise

To put

To sleep

To lie

To occur

To happen

To arrive

To rain

To exist

To stay

To blow

To walk

To laugh

To fly

To stand

To rise

To swim

Some verbs are both transitive and intransitive :

To run : (i) chạy

  (t) điều hành

To win: (i) chiến thắng

  (t) đạt được, chiến thắng

To grow: (i) sinh trưởng, phát triển

  (t) trồng

 

 

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