Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Transitive  and Intransitive Verbs

Transitive verbs have objects. Intransitive verbs have no objects .

She is fetching water. (Present continuous tense)

In this sentence verb 'fetching' has object 'water'. So the verb 'fetching' is transitive verb. 

Farmers grow (🍅 🍅) tomatoes in the field.

In this sentence verb 'grow' has object 'tomatoes'. So the verb 'grow' is transitive verb.

Tomatoes grow in the field.

In this sentence verb 'grow' has no object because action does not pass on. So the verb 'grow' here is intransitive verb. 

Some verbs are transitive and Intransitive depending upon the function in the sentence. 

Indicate whether the Verbs in the following sentences are Transitive or Intransitive. Name the Object of each Transitive Verb' and the Complement of each Verb of Incomplete Prediction.


In the following sentences the verbs in bold types are intransitive , word or group of words in red colour are complements. The underlined verbs are transitive and the words in blue colour are objects.

1. The boy stood on the burning deck. Intransitive
2. Tony has fallen sick. Intransitive
3. The water is very cold.
4. The man saw the accident with his own eyes. Transitive The man saw what? The answer is accident.So object of ‘saw’ is ‘accident'
5. The baby fell asleep.
6. They are French.
7. The rumour seems true.
8. He did not tell the truth.
9. They made her queen.
10. The bad boys hide their faults.
11. He is hiding behind the tree.
12. We patiently waited at the station.
13. The bird flew down and took away the cheese.
14. Our children like sweets.

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Transitive  and Intransitive Verbs

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1. The peon rang the bell.
2. The bell rang after the first period.
3. Sam sang a beautiful song.
4. They sang well in the function.
5. Who has broken the window?
6. The windows broke in the storm.
7. She called her servant a fool.
8. His parents named her Patricia.
9. He painted the box red.
10. You look sad.
11. The milk turned sour.