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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs:
An action verb will be transitive if it has a direct object.
You can easily identify the object if you ask yourself what? or who(m)? after the verb.
Example:
He poked the fire.
What did he poke? The fire
Fire is the object.
Marley wrote a letter.
What did he write? A letter
Letter is the object.
An intransitive action verb will not have a direct object.
Example:
Let us go on. They sat quietly
You can’t answer the questions what or who.
Read the sentences carefully, look for the verb and write T if it’s transitive
or I if it’s intransitive.
1. His nephew left the room without an angry word. ( )
2. He stopped. ( )
3. The clerk smiled faintly. ( )
4. Many can’t go there. ( )
5. He died seven years ago, this very night. (
6. Scrooge hates Christmas. ( )
7. Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. (
8. The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to his feet. ( )
9. She hurried to the door. ( )
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10. He left the room. ( )
The Red Feather 115 Literature Second Course