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7. He was very much shook by the news. 8. The matter was took up by the committee. 9. The horse has been stole from the owner. 10. Goliath was slew by David. 11. The words have been spoke in anger. 12. I have went to church every day. 13. Was the river froze enough for skating? 14. He begun to take notice immediately. 15. The umbrella was blew to pieces. 16. I have broke my ruler. 17. Jones was chose as leader of the class. 18. He said he come as soon as he could. 19. I done it. 20. I have never did anything so foolish. 21. I have ate all that was in the lunch-box. 22. The horse was drove ten miles. EXERCISE 33 _Write sentences in which the following verb forms are properly used:_ begun, blew, broke, chose, come, came, done, did, drew, drunk, drove, ate, flew, forsook, froze, forgot, gave, give, went, hang, hung, knew, rode, run, shook, sung, slew, spoke, stole, took, tore, threw, wore, wrote. 55. TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS. A TRANSITIVE VERB is one in which the action of the verb goes over to a receiver; as, _He KILLED the horse, I KEEP my word_. In both these sentences, the verb serves to transfer the action from the subject to the object or receiver of the action. The verbs in these sentences, and all similar verbs, are transitive verbs. All others, in which the action does not go to a receiver, are called INTRANSITIVE VERBS. 56. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE. The ACTIVE VOICE represents the subject as the doer of the action; as, _I tell, I see, He makes chairs_. The PASSIVE VOICE represents the subject as the receiver of the action; as, _I am told, I am seen, I have been seen, Chairs are made by me_. Since only transitive verbs can have a receiver of the action, only transitive verbs can have both active and passive voice. 57. There are a few special verbs in which the failure to distinguish between the transitive and the intransitive verbs leads to frequent error. The most important of these verbs are the following: _sit, set, awake, wake, lie, lay, rise, arise, raise, fell_, and _fall_. Note again the principal parts of these verbs: wake (to rouse another) woke, waked woke, waked awake (to cease to sleep) awoke, awaked awaked fell (to strike down) felled felled fall (to topple over) fell fallen lay (to place) laid laid lie (to recline) lay lain raise (to cause to ascend) ra
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