Lesson

Automatically or Transitively

When something breaks, there are two possibilities: somebody broke it or it broke by itself (e.g., it got too old). You'd like to be able to express this difference, wouldn't you? If so, let's get this lesson started!

Lesson Objectives

  • Learn about transitive and intransitive verbs.
  • Study and master some pairs of transitive and intransitive verbs and learn how to distinguish between them.
  • Learn how particle works with transitive and intransitive verbs.

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