Are 'transitive' and 'intransitive' called kinds of verbs??

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if not , soo what are the exact kinds of verbs??please, let me know .Regards!!

Dimsumexpress · Accepted Answer

Mina wahidiif not , soo what are the exact kinds of verbs??please, let me know .Regards!!

Mina wahidi,
Your question is not very clear. Can you state it in another way?

Mina wahidi · Answer

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Dimsumexpress · Answer

Still not clear...!

Work, run, eat, sleep , think , believe etc....are verbs. I am not sure what you meant by "how many kinds of verbs..?"
Do you mean tenses ? You need to clarify.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Hi, here is something which may be what you were looking for.
http://www.testmagic.com/knowledge_base/toefl/exercises/grammar/transitive_intransitive/intro_02.htm
Transitive Verbs
My sister broke the window.
In the first sentence, the word that comes after the verb, window, is the object of the verb. We say that window is the object because it receives the action of the verb. All objects of verbs receive the action of the verb.
Here are some more examples of transitive verbs with their objects:

I sold some books.
I took the bus.
I bought a radio.
I understood her question.
I wrote a letter.

When a verb has an object that receives the action of the verb, we say that the verb is transitive. Transitive verbs are more common on the TOEFL than intransitive verbs, but many students get confused about intransitive verbs.
Let's look at the other kind of verb now.
Intransitive Verbs
My father cried.
We can see in this sentence that there is no word after cried. In other words, there is no object for the word--there is no noun to receive the action of the word. Think about it--what could we say? My father cried something. Is there a noun that we could use after cried? We could probably think of one or two nouns, like tears, or even, good-bye, but normally, we do not use the verb cry with an object.
In this case we say that this verb is intransitive because it does not have an object after it.
Here are some more examples of intransitive verbs:

I slept.
I coughed.
The glass fell.
My cat ran.
The sun rose.

Mina wahidi · Answer

such as the part 'Noun' has 5 kinds, namely , Proper noun, common noun , collective noun, abstract noun and material noun.
soo like that ,Can we say that 'transitive' and 'intransitive' are the kinds of verbs??

Mina wahidi · Answer

such as the part 'Noun' has 5 kinds, namely , Proper noun, common noun , collective noun, abstract noun and material noun.
soo like that ,Can we say that 'transitive' and 'intransitive' are the kinds of verbs??

JohnParis · Answer

Basically, English verbs are divided into three groups: Normal Verbs, Non-Continuous Verbs, and Mixed Verbs.
Follow this link to a very good explanation of all the different subsections of verbs with examples of each:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/types.html

Here is a link that explains what transitive and intransitive verbs are:
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/trnsintr.html

Mina wahidi · Answer

I know very well about transitive and intransitive verbs,
actually I want to know that , In English , Is there any kinds of it like other parts of speech ?? as mentioned above just like noun , hope that now you would understand my querry !!

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Mina wahidi I know very well about transitive and intransitive verbs, actually I want to know that , In English , Is there any kinds of it like other parts of speech ?? as mentioned above just like noun , hope that now you would understand my querry !!

Hi Mina wahidi,
OK, I think you are talking about the derivatives of the verbs. I am still guessing. You indicated that you know about transitive and intransitive verbs. So I'll just focus on the transitives. Take a word "train" for instance, we know it is a noun.
I can think of 7 basic properties of this verb. IS this what you referred to by "part of speech?"

1) As a transitive verb in its base form (train) , it means to show someone how to do something.
2) Past tense (trained): I trained John how to use the new software yesterday.
3) Past participle to form perfect tense: I have trained 3 new employees this month.
4) Past participle -used in passive voice: He was trained by factory engineer how to perform basic maintenance on this machine.
5) Present participle adjective: training facility.
6) Past participle: Trained eyes, well-trained staff

7) Noun (gerund) training - I will be in training for a month.

Summary: Depending on how a verb is used and what its construction form is, its property ( part of speech as you called it) changes between 3 main categories: verb, noun and adjective.

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Mina wahidi · Answer

Hey, Dimsumexpress !!
thank you soo much to let me know that , but that's not a my querry's answer, Is it??
you briefly explained me about 'Tenses' that I already know about very well , my querry is 'How many kinds of 'VERBS' in English grammar??'
okay let me understand you suppose my querry is following 'How many kinds of nouns are there in English grammar??' soo what's your answer to me??
thanks again

Regards!!

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