WRIT2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Finite Verb, Nonfinite Verb, Linking Verb
Week 4 Lecture – Verbs Continued
Linking:
Links a subject to an object
Subject to linking verb to complement
Action:
Subject to action verb to object
Transitive verb:
A verb that carries an action from the doer
Functions more like an arrow
The subject to the doer
Objects are usually nouns, noun phases and pronouns
Can take two objects (direct and indirect object
Not all action verbs are transitive – must have a direct object
Intransitive:
Does not have a direct object
All linking verbs are intransitive
Use the ‘what?’ to answer
Active voice:
Does something to someone or something
Doer + verb + recipient of action
Passive voice:
Moves into the subject position
Has something done to them
Recipient of action + verb + doer
Only transitive sentences can be made passive
Switch around with the ‘by’ phase optional
Harder to process and delay information – weighs down writing
Good to use when the doer is unknown, unimportant or to emphasise the object
Active sentences that look passive:
Test for passive with ‘by’ phase
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