Question

What is the function of a transitive verb? Could you explain the answer?
A) to direct action toward the verb's object
B) to direct action toward the sentence's subject
C) to define or rename the verb's object

Answer 1

Hint: Verbs are words that tell us what action the subject is performing. Transitive and intransitive verbs tell us about the presence or absence of a direct object.

Complete answer:
In a sentence, the subject is the noun that does an action. The action that the subject does is known as the verb. The object or the person with whom or to whom the subject is doing an action is known as the Object. For e.g. She wrote a letter. Here she is the subject, wrote is the verb and letter is the object.

Whenever in a sentence, there is a direct object to which/ with which an action is done by the subject, then the verb is said to be a Transitive verb. For e.g. She wrote a letter. Here wrote is a transitive verb because the subject (she) has a direct object (letter).
Some more examples are;
- The father loves his children. Here, Children is the direct object.
- She crossed the road. Here, the road is the direct object.
- The doctor cured him. Here, him is the direct object.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (A) i.e, to direct action towards the verb’s object

Note:
- When in a sentence, the subject does not have a direct verb, the verb is said to be intransitive.
- For e.g. The plant dried up. Here, the plant did the action of drying up, but it does not have a direct verb.
- She is sleeping. Here, the subject is sleeping and there is no direct object.