Transitive & Vg Verbs

The world of transitive verbs may be more extensive than what you expected. You don't just have plain transitive verbs, you also have: Vg verbs & Vc Verbs. If all of these terms are new to you I'll help guide you through them. By the end of this post you'll be e transitive verb master!



TRANSITIVE VERBS

First thing's first, let's get the big guy out of the way. What is a transitive verb? Well, you can identify a transitive verb by looking at what is directly after it. Transitive verbs are followed by a direct object.

Here are some examples: (The verb will be in blue and the direct object in green.)


1. The author wrote the book.

Seeing as the book is a direct object, it doesn't leave in room to doubt the fact that wrote is a transitive verb.



2. Melissa helped Jesse get safely up the stairs.

Who did Melissa help? Well Jesse of course; and since Jesse is our direct object, it is safe to say that the verb helped is, in fact, a transitive verb.

VG VERBS

Vg Verbs are transitive verbs with a twist. These are followed by both a direct object and an indirect object. If on top of this, the verb phrase has a meaning of giving  or  receiving, then it is a Vg verb.

Here are some examples: (The verb will be in blue, the direct object in green, and the indirect object in purple.)

1. Hillary gave her brother the biggest piece of pizza.

2. I bought him a present.

Do you understand now? In both sentences someone gave somebody else something. (Kind of tongue -twister there.) Let's say it again. In the first sentence, Hillary GAVE her brother the biggest piece of pizza, and so, her brother RECEIVED that piece of pizza. And the same type of dynamic happened in the second sentence.

To know more about this topic please refer to this book for more. (The information in this post was based on the work.)