Transitive verb

Okay kiddo, let's talk about transitive verbs. A verb is a word that shows action or a state of being. Transitive means that the action of the verb is being done to something or someone else.

Let's think about it like playing catch. If you throw a ball to your friend, you are performing the action of throwing the ball (that's the verb), but the action is being done to your friend (the ball is what is being thrown to your friend). So, "throw" would be a transitive verb in this situation because it involves an object (the ball) that is being acted upon.

Another example is "eat." If you say "I am eating a banana," the verb "eat" is transitive because it is being done to the banana.

On the other hand, there are some verbs that don't require an object to make sense. For example, "to run" doesn't necessarily require an object. You can just say "I am running" and it still makes sense without mentioning what you are running towards or what you are running away from. This type of verb is called an intransitive verb.

So, transitive verbs are verbs that involve an object being acted upon, while intransitive verbs do not require an object to make sense.