1. VERBS

2. Verbs
• Action
• Transitive
• Intransitive

3. ACTION VERBS
• Shows action (physical or mental).

4. ACTION VERBS
• Shows action (physical or mental).
EXAMPLES:
My father waited at the station for the train.

5. ACTION VERBS
• Shows action (physical or mental).
EXAMPLES:
My father waited at the station for the train.
The swans float gracefully on the water.

6. ACTION VERBS
• Shows action (physical or mental).
EXAMPLES:
My father waited at the station for the train.
The swans float gracefully on the water.
I hope I get to see my friend soon.

7. transitive verbs

8. transitive verbs
• A verb is transitive if the receiver
(object) of the action is present.
• Verb + object

9. transitive verbs
• A verb is transitive if the receiver
(object) of the action is present.
• Verb + object
– Say Verb, Say What
• Examples:

10. transitive verbs
• A verb is transitive if the receiver (object)
of the action is present.
• Verb + object
• Examples:
• Sally opened the window with great difficulty.

11. transitive verbs
• A verb is transitive if the receiver (object)
of the action is present.
• Verb + object
• Examples:
• Sally opened the window with great difficulty.
• The truck suddenly hit the pedestrian.

12. intransitive verbs

13. intransitive verbs
• A verb is intransitive if it does NOT have
an object or receiver.
• Verb (no action or no object)

14. intransitive verbs
• A verb is intransitive if it does NOT have
an object or receiver.
• Verb (no action or no object)
• Examples:

15. intransitive verbs
• A verb is intransitive if it does NOT have
an object or receiver.
• Verb (no action or no object)
• Examples:
• The war began.

16. intransitive verbs
• A verb is intransitive if it does NOT have
an object or receiver.
• Verb (no action or no object)
• Examples:
• The war began.
• The bus raced through the traffic light.

17. During the years after the Civil War,
thousands of African American cowboys
rode the cattle trails north from Texas.

18. • All the members of a cattle drive slept on
the same hard, sometimes rocky ground.

19. Often they sang around the campfire.

20. Whether you know it or not, many cowboys in
the United states were African American.