Transitive & Intransitive verbs
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There are two kinds of action verbs: transitive and intransitive. A transitive verb has a direct object. EXAMPLE: Columbus discovered America. An intransitive verb does not need an object to complete its meaning. EXAMPLES: The wind howled. He is afraid.
Underline the predicate twice, and classify it as transitive or intransitive in the blank space. Find the direct object(s) in each transitive sentence and circle it.
1. Leroy paid the extremely high cellular phone bill as my birthday present. TRANSITIVE_____
2. Ornithology is the study of various types of birds. ______
3. Move those big purple blocks that are in my way, now! ______
4. Everyone listened carefully to the talkative teacher. ______
5. The tired workers wore special uniforms to work at the concert. ______
6. We built a barbecue pit in our backyard to celebrate my birthday. ______
7. What is the name of this hanging picture? ______
8. He lives in Germany by a beautiful sparkling lake. ______
9. Who elected the principal of Campbell High School? ______
10. We walked into the brand new school for the first time. ______
11. We send many good customers to them to buy weave. ______
12. London is the foggy capital city of Great Britain. ______
13. Frank drew many excellent cartoons to make fun of his math teacher. ______
14. We study hard for the Spanish tests in Mrs. Torres’s class. ______
15. The frightened children cried loudly when they saw the monster in the closet. ______
16. Lora made this awesome poster for her project in Mr. Wood’s class. ______
17. Thousands of people ran in the Race for the Cure to support cancer research. ______
18. We learned three new jammin’ songs in chorus. ______
19. The stray dogs barked at Harold after he ate his McDonald’s breakfast. ______
20. Please bring me a book about famous Canadian scientists to study. ______
21. Joseph baked a lemon meringue pie for his girlfriend at school. ______NAME: ______PERIOD ______
Infinitive & Infinitive Phrase
An infinitive is the word “to” followed by the base form of an action verb. It may be used as a noun, adverb or adjective. Examples: To know his is to like him. (noun) She came here to study. (adverb) That is the movie to see. (adjective)
Exercise Directions: Underline the subject once and the predicate twice. Put parenthesis around the prepositional phrases. Circle the infinitive phrase in each sentence. Tell how it is used (as either a noun, adjective, or adverb).
1. ______You have two choices, either to stay or to go.
2. ______Bill tried to warn them of the problem.
3. ______Jim had no choice except to resign from the position.
4. ______The child was afraid to tell the truth to his mother.
5. ______The teachers came to offer their service to the students.
6. ______Joan had a scheme to make money at school.
7. ______I quickly sat down to rest outside the restaurant.
8. ______Ginger and her sister's plan was to see a lawyer.
9. ______The scouts stopped to buy some supplies.
10. ______The boss asked me to send the message to her brother.