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Unit1

Livingwithtechnology

Grrandusage

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Transitiveverbsandintransitiveverbs

Transitiveverbstakeanobject.Intransitive

verbsdonottakeanobject.

1Atransitiveverbcantakeanobject,adirect

objectandanindirectobject,oranobjectanda

complement.

⚫Theobjectcanbeanoun,apronoun,an

infinitive,averb-ingoranobjectclause.

AnAmerican,PhiloFarnsworth,made

importantbreakthroughsinthedevelopmentof

TVinthelate1920sandearly1930s.

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Itwasnotuntiltheearly1950sthatmost

taperecordersbeganusingstictape

astheydotoday.

Whocanforeseewhatthefuturewill

bring?

⚫Thedirectobjectisusuallyanoun

mostclearly

affectedoracteduponbytheactionofa

transitiveverb.

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Theindirectobjectisusuallyanounora

pronoun

thatreferstotherecipient.

Onmybirthdayshegaveme(IO)amobile

phone

(DO)asagift.

Thecomplementcanbeanoun,an

adjective,an

adverb,aprepositionalphraseoranon-

finiteverb

whichrefersbacktotheobject.

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ThiswillsoonmakeDVDs(O)thingsofthe

past

(C).

TheyalsomakeTV(O)accessible(C)to

peoplewholivefarawayfromcities.

⚫Mosttransitiveverbscanbeusedinthe

passivevoice.

Bythelate1970s,recorderssmalland

cheapenoughforhomeusewereintroduced.

2Intransitiveverbsdonottakeanobject,

andcannotbeusedinthepassivevoice.

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⚫Intransitiveverbscanusuallybe

followedbyanadverbial.More

challengeslieaheadofme.Thewaters

rosehigherandhigher,somorethan

1,0000peoplehadtoleavetheirhomes.

⚫Intransitiveverbscanusuallybe

fo