action, may be the _object complement_, or it may be the subject; as,
Brutus stabbed _Caesar_, _Caesar_ was stabbed by Brutus.]

+An _Intransitive Verb_ is one that does not require an object+.

CLASSES OF VERBS WITH RESPECT TO FORM.

+A _Regular Verb_ is one that forms its past tense and past participle by
adding _ed_ to the present+. [Footnote: If the present ends in _e_, the _e_
is dropped when _ed_ is added; as, lov_e_, lov_ed_; believ_e_, believ_ed_.]

+An _Irregular Verb_ is one that does not form its past tense and past
participle by adding _ed_ to the present+.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Place the following verbs in two columns, one headed _transitive_ and the
other, _intransitive_. Place the same verbs in two other columns, one
headed _regular_ and the other, _irregular_. Build these verbs into
sentences by supplying a subject to each intransitive verb, and a subject
and an object to each transitive verb.

Vanish, gallop, bite, promote, contain, produce, provide, veto, secure,
scramble, rattle, draw.

Arrange the following verbs as before, and then build them into sentences
by supplying a subject and a noun attribute to each intransitive verb, and
a subject and an object to each transitive verb.

Degrade, gather, know, was, became, is.