direct transitive verb is the one whose verbal complement does not present a preposition, such as: “drink”, “read”, “use” etc. The complement of the indirect transitive verb has a preposition. The verb can also be bitransitive, that is, direct and indirect transitive at the same time, like “give”, “offer” etc.
Read too: Intransitive verbs — verbs that do not require a verb complement
Topics of this article
- 1 - What is a transitive verb?
- 2 - List with examples of direct transitive verb
- 3 - How to identify the direct transitive verb?
- 4 - Phrases with direct transitive verb
- 5 - Direct transitive verb x indirect transitive verb
- 6 - Direct and indirect transitive verb
- 7 - What is a prepositioned direct object?
- 8 - Solved exercises on direct transitive verb
What is a transitive verb?
O verb direct transitive is the one that asks for a non-governed complement of preposition.
List of transitive verb examples
To abandon
Open
To think
To help
Love
To analyze
To switch off
Learn
To drink
Purchase
To know
To conquer
To repair
To correct
Cut
Discover
To destroy
Meet
To deceive
To understand
To hide
To write
To examine
To do
To close
To win
Save
To imagine
To wash
To read
To clean
To kill
Show
To obtain
To take
To paint
to possess
To search for
To produce
Protect
To want
To receive
To feel
release
To have
To use
Sell
To see
Visit
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How to identify the direct transitive verb?
With a simple question, it is possible to identify the transitivity of a verb. So, to identify the verb transitivity, it is necessary to put “who” or “what” after the verb, in order to ask a question. If the answer to the question indicates a complement without a preposition, we are dealing with a direct transitive verb. See the example:
abandoned all my frustrations and decided to give it another try.
Let us ask the question: “What have I abandoned?”. The answer is “all my frustrations”. note that the verb complement has no preposition. It is therefore a direct object.
Now let's look at this other example:
She needed a reason to invest in that work.
Again, let's ask: "What did you need?". The answer is “for a reason”. Note that the verb complement has a preposition. Therefore, it is an indirect object. Thus, the verb “abandonar” is direct transitive, while “precise” is indirect transitive.
Sentences with direct transitive verb
Julian he thought wallet under the bed.
I love the way he me look, so halfway.
erase the fire of passion and there will be nothing left.
lydia drank the soda while listened the chattering friend.
knew the candidates very well and was ready to to choose one of them.
The boy fixed the cart and went back to playing.
I I cut the finger while peeled An orange.
She believed that no one could to destroy the democracy.
the shop owner deceived your customers to sell poor quality product.
I hid the book on top of the wardrobe.
the doctor examined the wound on my arm and gave me a diagnosis.
Augustus closed the box and put- on the bed.
keep your jacket and come to dinner.
After to wash your clothes, wash mine too please.
direct transitive verb x indirect transitive verb
Both the direct transitive verb and the indirect transitive verb need a complement to make sense. what to differentiateá from each other it will be the presence or absence of a preposition in the verbal complement. Therefore, the complement or direct object does not have a preposition; the indirect, presents:
obeyed to parents and not he ate sweets before lunch.
Note that there are two verbs in this sentence. “Obedeceu” is indirect transitive, since its complement (“to the parents”) has a preposition. Already “eaten” is direct transitive, since its complement (“sweets”) is not governed by a preposition.
Transitive direct and indirect verb
Some verbs have double transitivity, that is, they are bitransitive.. Thus, they need a direct object and also an indirect object to complete their meaning:
The teachers gave a citizenship lesson for your students.
Note that the verb “deram” has a direct object (“a lesson in citizenship”) and an indirect object (“to your students”). Like him, there are other bitransitive verbs: “dedicate”, “duty”, “teach”, “ask” etc.
What is a prepositioned direct object?
In some cases, or exceptions, the direct complement presents preposition: “to God”, “to both”, “to whom”, “to me”, “to all”, “to Carlos”, among other occurrences. This is not a requirement of the verb, which remains direct transitive, but a stylistic peculiarity of the language. Thus, we have:
the faithful loved The God.
she loved The both.
He loved The who?
Judith loved The me.
loved The all others.
And also loved The Carlos.
See too: Abundant verbs — verbs that have more than one form in certain conjugations
Solved exercises on direct transitive verb
question 1
(Unimontes) Reread the following syntactic constructions, comparing them, to answer the question.
“Impossible not to remember a metaphor...”
“It is also impossible not to remember the famous parable...”
SANT'ANNA, Affonso Romano de. Bottle or book overboard. In: Blindness and Knowledge.
Check the alternative INCORRECT on the use of the verb “lembrar” in its two occurrences above.
A) In each occurrence, it suffers alteration of regency and meaning.
B) It has different regency in each occurrence, but maintains its basic meaning.
C) It is indirect transitive pronominal in the first occurrence, and direct transitive in the second.
D) When pronominal, it is obligatorily governed by the preposition “de”, as in the first occurrence.
Resolution:
Alternative A
In the first occurrence, the verb “lembrar” is pronominal and indirect transitive, since its complement (“of a metaphor”) has a preposition. In the second occurrence, the verb is direct transitive, with a complement without preposition: “the famous parable”. Despite presenting different transitivities, the verb, in both occurrences, has the same meaning, that is, “to remember”.
question 2
Analyze the statements below and mark the alternative that presents only direct transitive verbs.
A) I like white chocolate a lot, but they say the other one is that it's healthy.
B) Believe in João, because he is a serious researcher and knows what he is talking about.
C) The businesswoman bought the houses to demolish them and build a new one. mall.
D) When he arrived at his parents' house, he found out the truth about his brother.
E) The wise old man said that dying and living are sides of the same coin.
Resolution:
Alternative C
The verbs are direct transitive: “they say”, “know”, “bought”, “demolish”, “build”, “discovered” and “said”. Indirect transitives are: “like” and “believe”. And they are intransitive: “arrived”, “die” and “live”.
By Warley Souza
Portuguese teacher
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