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Example                               Explanation



                          ➢ He  watches  This  sentence  will  not  be


                              the film.              complete  if  we  remove  "the


                                                     film".  Other  people  will  ask  -


                                                     watching  what?  So,  a  watch



                                                     requires  an  object  so  that  the


                                                     sentence's  meaning  can  be


                                                     understood.



                          ➢ She  made  a  The  word  made  (make)  cannot


                              cake.                  stand alone and has no meaning


                                                     in  a  sentence  if  added  to  the



                                                     word a cake (bread).




                                 In  general,  transitive  verbs  only  have  one


                          object. These objects can be:


                             Object                                Example



                          Noun               I have bought a car.


                          Pronoun            I will see it.










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