Word of the Day: abjure

•transitive verb

•1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: “But this rough magic I here abjure” (William Shakespeare, The Tempest). 2. To renounce under oath; forswear: “Galileo was forced to abjure the theory that the earth turns around the sun.”

Transitivetrans (across)

+it (comes from Latin word meaning “to go”)__________________Transit (to go across)

Transitive verbs need a direct

object to complete its

meaning

Hedwig invaded Picci’s new house.

Picci kicked Hedwig out of the house.

Subject

ObjectSubject Verb

Verb Object

Get out.

Here I come!

The direct object in a transitive sentence answers the question “what?”

Ex: Hedwig watched television.

When a transitive verb is used, the action “goes across” to the noun that receives the action (the direct object).

direct objecttransitive verb

Hedwig sees us.

the verb identifies an action and transfers it to the direct object (the receiver or object of the action).

The direct object (noun or pronoun) is needed to complete the action of the sentence

Sentence Pattern 3

Hedwig reads his books.verb

verbdirect object (pronoun)

direct object (noun)

Hedwig gives Picci a headache.

needs a second compliment to complete the thought

The direct object answers the question “What?” and the indirect object answers the question “To whom?” or “For Whom?”

Sentence Pattern 4

verbdirect object

indirect object

Sentence pattern 4: tips

•common verbs: give, show, ask, allow, assign, tell, write, send, pay, grant, etc.

•watch out for prepositional phrases; they make these into pattern 3 sentences

•Picci brought a toy to Hedwig (pattern 3: Hedwig is the object of a preposition, not the verb)

Sentence pattern 5• there are two compliments, but

they refer to the same thing

• the compliment closest to the verb is the direct object, the second one is the objective compliment

• the objective compliment either renames or describes the direct object

Picci called Hedwig brilliant.Picci called Hedwig a genius.

verb

direct object

Noun that renames the direct object

verbadjective that renames the

direct object

direct object

Sentence Pattern 5 tips

•commonly uses verbs such as consider, call, think, find, make, elect, appoint, name.

Peer edit

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•Grammatical errors?

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•Correct tenses?

•Sentence variation?

Homework due Thurs.

•Read WG p. 41-44

•exercise 4, 1-20 p. 39