ENG 11 Grammar: 17.2 Transitive & Intransitive Verbs (p. 8)

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

1. The townspeople took a siesta each afternoon.

• townspeople

• took

• siesta

• afternoon

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence as "Transitive" or "Intransitive."

2. The townspeople took a siesta each afternoon.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

3. For a few extra dollars each week, she ironed clothes.

• For

• dollars

• week

• ironed

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence as "Transitive" or "Intransitive."

4. For a few extra dollars each week, she ironed clothes.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

5. The mother smiled at the infant in her arms.

• arms

• smiled

• infant

• mother

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence as "Transitive" or "Intransitive."

6. The mother smiled at the infant in her arms.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

7. The eel slid along the floor of the ocean.

• slid

• floor

• eel

• ocean

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence as "Transitive" or "Intransitive."

8. The eel slid along the floor of the ocean.

• Transitive

• Intransitive

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

9. The crew ate lunch under an old oak tree.

• lunch

• tree

• ate

• crew

Exercise 1: Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify the verb in the following sentence as "Transitive" or "Intransitive."

10. The crew ate lunch under an old oak tree.

• Transitive

• Intransitive