Action Verbs: intransitive and transitive

Action Verbs

Types, categories, and uses

There are three different kinds of verbs: Action verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs.

Actions verbs depict a state of being. There are split into intransitive and transitive verbs.

Transitive Verbs: A transitive verb is a verb that requires an object to receive the action. 

• The instructor addressed the student’s question.

• Can you bring your copy of the textbook to our study group meeting?

• Donovan gave the gift to his sister.

• Donovan gave his sister a laptop. This shows direct and indirect objects.

An intransitive verb does not take an object.

• Ahmad voted in the local election.

• May I sit here?

• Attendance increased at the weekly study sessions as finals drew near.

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Multiple Choice

What is the object of this sentence?

The committee members will raise money for the new project.

• new

• project

• new project

• money

Multiple Choice

Gucci returned the documents to the administrator.

• the

• administrator

• documents

• the administrator

Multiple Select

The director discussed marketing strategies offered in the advertisement.

• advertisement

• offered

• marketing strategies

Multiple Choice

“They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry. They picked up the gear from the boat. The old man carried the mast on his shoulder.

• fisherman, boat, shoulder

• Terrance, boat, mast

• Terrance, gear, mast

• Terrance, gear, shoulder

Multiple Choice

The old man unhooked the fish, re-baited the line with another sardine and tossed it over. Then he worked his way slowly back to the bow. He washed his left hand and wiped it on his trousers.”

• line, over, way, it, hand, trousers

• re-baited, sardine, slowly, bow, hand

• the fish, it, his way, his left hand, it

• fish, over, his way, hand, trousers.

Multiple Choice

Transitive or intransitive:

The conductor fell during his concert.

• transitive

• intransitive

Multiple Choice

My mother lived in Peru during her childhood.

• Intransitive

• Transitive

Multiple Choice

Actor Tom Selleck turned down the role of Indiana Jones for the film Raiders of the Lost Ark.

• transitive

• intransitive

Multiple Choice

This quiz screams pointlessness

• transitive

• intransitive