Transitive Active Verbs

Transitive active verbs are action verbs.

 

Mark kicked the ball.

The dog scratched its back.

The wind rustled the leaves. 

TRANSitive active verbs areaction verbs that TRANSfer their action to something or someone. The subject always performs the action with this kind of verb, the the verb's action is always transferred to someone or something. 

Look at those example sentences again. Can you see that the subjects are performing the action? Can you see that the verbs are transferring their action? Good!

The someone ore something that receives the action with these verb types is called the direct object (ball, back, leaves). Transitive verbs need direct objects. It's a fact. They are bound together like mac and cheese ar peanut butterand jelly. 

So... let's review!

In all of the example sentences, the subject (Mark, dog, wind) are doing something (kicking, scratching, rustling) to someone or something (ball, back, leaves).  All of those verbs show action, and they all transfer that action to a direct object.  The ball is receiving the kick, the back is receiving the scratch, and leaves are receiving the rustle. 

Tat means that they're all transitive active verbs. Check out this sentence diagram of a transitive active verb.