TRANSITIVE VERB

A verb or verb construction expressing an

action that is required an object to complete
meaning.
INTRANSITIVE VERB
A verb or a verb construction that does not
require an object.

EXAMPLE
WALK (TRANSITIVE)
I walked this coast yesterday
The coast is the object of walked. So, walked is a
transitive verb.
WALK (INTRANSITIVE)
I walked yesterday
The sentece has no object. The word yesterday
is not a noun but an adverb which function as a
modifier of time. Therefore, it can not be an
object. In this sentence walk is an intransitive
verb

DRINK (TRANSITIVE)
I drink a glass of coffee between breakfast and
lunch time.
(it is obvious that coffee is the object of drink.
Therefore, drink is transitive)
DRINK (INTRANSITIVE)
Lately I dont drink much
(the sentence has no object because much is
an adverb. The verb drink is intransitive)

PRAY (TRANSITIVE)
I pray a good luck for him)
PRAY (INTRANSITIVE)
I pray every morning before leaving for work
CRY (TRANSITIVE)
Randy cried the lost of his beautiful cat
CRY (INTRANSITIVE)
Randy cried this morning. I dont know why.

PUT (TRANSITIVE)
Please put the computer in the corner of the
room
PUT (INTRANSITIVE)
The ship put into the harbor
LAUGH (TRANSITIVE)
All the students laughed at him when his pants
broke. (here, the object of laughed is him)
LAUGH (INTRANSITIVE)
The audience laughed during the show time

REFERENCE
Binsar Sihombing, Barbara Burton; English
Grammar Comprehension; PT Grasindo, Jakarta,
2007