This document discusses the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs. An intransitive verb does not have a direct object, while a transitive verb does. Some verbs can be either transitive or intransitive depending on the context. The document provides examples of intransitive verbs like "arrive" and "sneeze". It also gives examples of sentences using transitive and intransitive verbs and asks the reader to identify which is which. Readers are encouraged to practice identifying verbs as transitive or intransitive in example sentences.

1. Lunch & Learn
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 2

2. What is the difference between a
transitive and an intransitive verb?
Question

3. Transitive verbs and intransitive verbs
are action verbs, but intransitive verbs
DO NOT have a direct object.
Answer

4. 1.The children arrived last night.
Some examples of intransitive
verbs:
No direct object

5. 2. The little boy cried for 20 minutes!
Some examples
No direct object

6. 3. We left at 3:00 pm.
Some examples
No direct object

7. Some verbs are always intransitive.
For example:
• Arrive
• Lie
• Sneeze
• Depart
• Die
• …
Note:

8. 1. He always eats at 5:30 in the
morning!
Note: Some verbs can be
transitive or intransitive:
2. He ate all the hot dogs!

9. 1. I always study in the morning.
Note: Some verbs can be
transitive or intransitive:
2. I always study English in the
morning.

10. Context helps us determine if a verb is
transitive or intransitive.
Note:

11. Remember:
An easy way to figure out if the verb is
transitive or intransitive is to find the
subject and the verb and ask “what?”
or “whom?”.

12. Note:
If you cannot answer the question, the
verb is intransitive.

13. More practice!
Are the following verbs
transitive or intransitive?

14. practise!
1. She went to the airport.

15. practise!
1. She went to the airport.
intransitive

16. practise!
2. I like to eat in the morning.

17. practise!
2. I like to eat in the morning.
intransitive

18. practise!
3.The children walked 3
miles to school.

19. practise!
3.The children walked 3
miles to school.
intransitive

20. practise!
4. I put my purse under
the table.

21. practise!
4. I put my purse under
the table.
transitive

22. practise!
5. My hopes for a picnic
died when I looked outside
and saw the cloudy sky.

23. practise!
5. My hopes for a picnic
died when I looked outside
and saw the cloudy sky.
intransitive; intransitive; transitive

24. practise!
6. I sneeze whenever I
come near your cat!

25. practise!
6. I sneeze whenever I
come near your cat!
intransitive; intransitive

26. practise!
7. The boys played with
the puppy for more than
3 hours!

27. practise!
7. The boys played with
the puppy for more than
3 hours!
intransitive

28. practise!
8. I roasted the
vegetables on the grill.

29. practise!
8. I roasted the
vegetables on the grill.
transitive

30. practise!
9. I visit my grandmother
every Thursday.

31. practise!
9. I visit my grandmother
every Thursday.
transitive

32. practise!
10. They dropped me off
at my house at 8:00 pm.

33. practise!
10. They dropped me off
at my house at 8:00 pm.
transitive

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