Notice that if all objects were like those in Sentences 4,6, 10,14, 19, and 21 in Exercise 25, we might say that the object represents the result of the act expressed in the predicate attribute; if all were like those in Sentences 2, 8,13,18, and 20, we might say that the object represents the thing affected by the act. But many are like those in Sentences 11, 15, and 16. The store, the noise, and the cloud were certainly not the results of the passing, the hearing, and the noticing, and they were not affected by these acts. All we can say about every object in these sentences is that the act can be asserted about the thing that it represents.

Exercise 33

Tell whether the acts expressed in the predicate are transitive or intransitive. If a predicate attribute expresses transitive action, tell whether the action is performed by the subject of thought, or affects the subject of thought, or produces it, or has some still different relation to it.

Which of these sentences contain objects? Change each sentence that contains an object to an equivalent sentence in which the object of the first sentence is the subject. Tell whether each object represents the result of an act, the thing affected by an act, or neither. Nine of the sentences do not contain objects. Of the sentences that do not contain objects, how many express transitive acts?

1. The architect drew a plan for the house.

2. These plants were raised by Mr. Allen.

3. The girls have made candy.

4. The child has soiled its apron.

5. Mrs. White has gone East.

6. The boy drove the cow to the pasture.

7. You will see a beautiful sight.

8. The horse was frightened by the automobile.

9. Henry met a beggar.

10. The man painted the house.

11. The man painted a picture.

12. The lecturer talked an hour.

13. The crops were injured by the hail.

14. This deep well was dug last year.

15. A white humming bird was seen by several persons.

16. I shall start for California Tuesday.

17. The baby pounded the table.

18. The work tired me.

10. He seems to be a gentleman.

Exercise 34

Write three sentences that contain objects.

Write three in which the predicate attribute expresses transitive action but in which there is no object.

Write three in which the predicate attribute expresses an intransitive act.