Intransitive verbs cannot have a direct object after them.
The subject is doing the action of the verb and nothing receives the action. An intransitive verb does not pass the action to an object.
He arrived.
Here we cannot have an object after the intransitive verb arrive.
You cannot “arrive something” (incorrect).
An intransitive verb expresses an action that is complete in itself and it doesn’t need an object to receive the action.
The baby smiled.
Here we cannot have an object after the intransitive verb smiled.
You cannot “smile something” (incorrect).
Here we cannot have an object after the intransitive verb smiled.
You cannot “smile something” (incorrect).
The apple fell from the tree.
You cannot “fall something” so the verb is intransitive.
“From the tree” is not an object, it is an adverbial phrase ( = it acts like an adverb and tells us where it happened).
The same rules apply to intransitive phrasal verbs. You cannot have an object after an intransitive phrasal verb.
I get up at 6 every morning.
You cannot “fall something” so the verb is intransitive.
“From the tree” is not an object, it is an adverbial phrase ( = it acts like an adverb and tells us where it happened).
The same rules apply to intransitive phrasal verbs. You cannot have an object after an intransitive phrasal verb.
I get up at 6 every morning.
Example sentences using INTRANSITIVE verbs
We arrived around midday.
She sneezed loudly.
Your baby cries a lot.
His grandfather died last year.
The rain fell heavily.
We arrived around midday.
She sneezed loudly.
Your baby cries a lot.
His grandfather died last year.
The rain fell heavily.
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