The Verbs

Words stating something about a person or thing are called verbs.

The verbs have been divided into two parts viz. Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs.

Transitive Verbs: The verbs, the action of which is not limited to its subject but reflects to some object, are called ‘Transitive Verbs’. e.g. Mohan kicks the football. In this sentence the action (kicking) of subject (Mohan) reflects to other object (football), hence ‘kick’ is a transitive verb.

Intransitive Verbs: The verbs, the action of which does not pass to any object but limits to the subject only, are called ‘Intransitive Verbs’. e.g. Mohan sleeps. In this sentence the action (sleep) does not reflect to any object, hence ‘sleep’ is intransitive verb.

A number of verbs can be used as both the kinds of verbs (either transitive or intransitive):

Examples:

Verb used as transitive	Verb used as intransitive
Fire burnt his finger.	Fire burns.
See the fun.	A blind person can’t see.
John drinks whisky.	I never drink.
Mohan wrote a letter to his brother.	Ram writes well.