CLD Study pages: Grammar labels

Verbs

[I]	intransitive verb, does not have an object	sleep, glance, fall Anna's sleeping.
[T]	transitive verb, must have an object	cure, hit, catch Fiona hit her sister.
[I,T]	verb that can be intransitive or transitive	sing, explain, drive I always sing in the bath. He sang a love song.
[+ two objects]	ditransitive verb (having two objects)	give, send, lend She gave me the keys.
[often passive]	verbs often used in the passive	allow Smoking is not allowed in the restaurant.
[often reflexive]	verb often used with a reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself, herself, etc)	defend He can defend himself.

If a verb or a meaning of a verb is always passive (e.g. inundate, demote, affiliate) or always reflexive (e.g. brace, ingratiate, steel), the whole grammar pattern is shown at the beginning of the entry.

Some verb or meanings of verbs are always followed by an adverb or preposition (e.g. creep, flick, trickle) . When this happens, common examples of adverbs and prepositions used are shown at the beginning of the entry or the meaning.