Intransitive
verbs
Group 303/2
(Prazetskaya
Daria, Suchkova
Irina, Hlebnikova
Diana, Shikavka
Aleksandra)
Peculiar cases
• Passive: generally, can't be used.
Exceptions: agree on, count on, depend o
n, laugh at, listen to, look after, look at, lo
ok into, object to, provide for, refer to, rely
on, speak of, talk about.
• Examples: They agreed on a new price. A new price was agreed on.
You can depend on him. –
He can be depended on.
They laughed at him. –
He was laughed at.
Peculiar cases
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She can sing for hours. (Intransitive Verb: sing)
She can sing the song for hours.
(Transitive Verb: sing, Direct Object: song)
Rocky walks every day. (Intransitive Verb: walks)
Rocky walks the dog every day.
(Transitive Verbs: walks, Direct Object: dog)
Peculiar cases
• Intransitive->Transitive due to meaning
• Examples: He runs extremely fast. (Intransitive Verb: run)
He runs a hotel in Miami. (Transitive Verb: run, Direct Object:
a hotel)
The boy is sitting on a chair. (Intransitive Verb: sit)
She is sitting an exam. (Transitive Verb: sit, Direct Object: an
exam)