English Grammar
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-ing forms
ability, permission, requests and advice
active and passive voice
adjective phrases
Adjectives
adjectives: -ed and -ing
adverbial phrases
Adverbials
adverbials of direction
adverbials of distance
adverbials of location
adverbials of place
adverbials of probability
adverbials of time
adverbs of manner
already, still, yet and no longer
can or could
can, could and could have
certain, probable or possible
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in the first ques tion it is"you seem" so i have N+V,than it should be intransitive.
then why is it transitive?please explain
Hello Andreeagab21,
Thanks for your question. Verbs like seem are used to link subjects to adjectives, and so you are quite correct - they are intransitive. We have corrected the error in the exercise. Well spotted!
However, we cannot simply say You seem., as it would leave the other person asking, seem what?
Regards,
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team
I make.
You seem.
The bus stopped.
How these senetences are Intransitive?there is no object after the verb.please explain.
i feel really awesome thank you british council for all this thing you gave to us but i hope you will be providing us more facalities then thanks alot
I am getting better and better
amazing, my score was 100% , i am so happy
The second sentence meaning is not clear
Hi mohamed,
I assume you are referring to 'They disappeared.' (?)
This sentence means 'They are (or were) not there.'
-Erik
The LearnEnglish Team
Seem is transitive? I think after seem we can use adjs not nouns, right? She seems nice, he seems happy, etc. I need to be clarified.
Same for "The soup tastes (bad/sour/awful)". Requesting clarity for these two questions.