Having a direct object or not is what distinguishes these two types of verbs.
What is transitive and intransitive verbs?
The word that indicates the action is to or for, and answers the "to whom" question is called this type of word.
What is the indirect object?
Identify the verb
Bob sang Sally a song.
sang
This is the word that receives the action of the verb and answers the "what" question.
What is the direct object?
The indirect object answers these two questions.
What is the to whom" or "for whom"?
Give an example of an action verb
answers vary
Which word is the direct object in the following sentence:
I painted my nails.
What is nails?
Find the action verb in the following sentence: Sally jumped over the fence.
What is jumped?
Is the verb transitive or intransitive in the following sentence:
The soccer player kicked the soccer ball.
Daily Double
What is transitive?
Identify the verbs
Bob and Sally sang and danced at the concert last night.
Daily Double
sang and danced
Which word is the direct object?
Bob mailed Sally a letter yesterday.
letter