This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – Set 2”.
1. The verb used in the below sentence is __________
Michael usually laughs louder than the other boys.
a) transitive verb
b) auxiliary verb
c) reflexive verb
d) intransitive verb
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Explanation: Here the verb ‘laughs’ stops with the subject ‘Michael’ and does not pass over to the object. Such verbs are called Intransitive verbs.
2. Verbs cannot be used as both Transitive and as Intransitive verbs.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Verbs can indeed be used Transitively and Intransitively. Consider the verb ‘fight’. In the sentence ‘He fought with the commander’, the verb is used Transitively. In the sentence ‘He fought fiercely’, the verb is used Intransitively.
3. Identify the verb in the below sentence.
Please stop him from going to the concert.
a) stop
b) going
c) please
d) concert
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Explanation: A word which tells what a person or thing does qualifies as a verb. In the given sentence, ‘stop’ is the verb.
4. Identify the verb in the sentence and its type from the options given.
Ramesh cut his hand while chopping vegetables.
a) hand – reflexive
b) chopping – auxiliary
c) cut – transitive
d) cut – intransitive
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Explanation: The verb ‘cut’ in the sentence passes over the action from the Subject ‘Ramesh’ to the Object ‘hand’. Thus, it is a transitive verb.
5. The trainer blew his whistle to indicate the end of session.
Choose the option which identifies the object of the verb used.
a) trainer
b) blew
c) his whistle
d) indicate
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Explanation: The transitive verb ‘blew’ passes over the action from the Subject ‘trainer’ to the object ‘his whistle’.
6. Which of the below sentences uses a transitive verb?
a) I felt a severe pain in my neck after the blow
b) He spoke articulately
c) The boy spoke loudly
d) My father arrived this morning
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Explanation: In the sentence ‘I felt a severe pain in my neck after the blow’, the verb ‘felt’ passes over the action from the Subject ‘I’ to the Object ‘pain’. Thus, it is a transitive verb.
7. In the following sentence identify the Complement of the verb from the options given below.
The students fell asleep.
a) students
b) fell
c) fell asleep
d) asleep
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Explanation: The word ‘asleep’ helps to complete the sentence and thus is the Complement of the verb ‘fell’ in the given sentence.
8. From the options, choose the one that indicates the Complement of the verb in the below sentence.
The paralyzed woman went mad.
a) paralyzed
b) woman
c) went
d) mad
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Explanation: A complement is generally the word that follows the verb to complete the meaning of the sentence. So here ‘mad’ acts as the Complement of the verb ‘went’.
9. The verb used in the sentence is an Intransitive verb.
Kishore killed himself after successive failures in his business.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: In sentences where the Subject and the Object refer to the same person, the verb is said to be used Reflexively.
10. Select the option which identifies the verb and its type used in the below sentence.
Put away your mobile phones was the instruction given.
a) put away – reflexive
b) put – transitive
c) given – intransitive
d) put – auxiliary
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Explanation: ‘Put’ is the verb in the given sentence and since the action passes over to the object ‘mobile phones’ it is a transitive verb.
11. Select the option which names the object of the verb used in the sentence below correctly.
Kids are expected to tell the truth always.
a) kids
b) tell
c) truth
d) expected
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Explanation: The verb used in the sentence is ‘tell’. It is a transitive verb as it passes on the action from the subject to the object. The object in this sentence is ‘truth’.
12. Select the sentence using an Intransitive verb.
a) The referee went home
b) He sold his television set
c) Johnson built a house from his savings
d) Please close the door
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Explanation: If the action denoted by the verb stops with the subject itself, then it is called an Intransitive verb. Among the options, the verb ‘went’ in the sentence ‘The referee went home’ is an Intransitive verb.
13. Choose the right option indicating the verb and its complement in the below sentence.
The Global warming problem is threatening.
a) problem – threatening
b) global – problem
c) is – threatening
d) is – problem
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Explanation: ‘Is’ is the verb in the sentence given and the sentence would not make sense without the word ‘threatening’ and therefore it is the Complement.
14. Pick the verb and its type from the options below.
He tried again and again but to no avail.
a) again – modal
b) avail – transitive
c) tried– intransitive
d) tried – auxiliary
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Explanation: A verb should denote the action done by the subject and thus the verb in this sentence is ‘tried’ and it is an Intransitive verb as the action stops with the Subject and no passing over occurs.
15. Identify the sentence that uses the verb reflexively.
a) The sun rises in the east
b) The lamp shines brightly
c) He gave himself something like a little prep talk
d) Your bag lies on the dining table
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Explanation: Whenever both the Subject and the Object refers to the same person, the verbs in such sentences are said to reflexive verbs like in the sentence ‘He gave himself something like a little prep talk’.
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