Grammar Quiz

Transitive and Intransitive Verb Quiz


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A direct object answers which questions?

A. How? Where?

B. What? Whom?

C. When? How?

D. Why? What?


Freida has lived in three different countries.

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive


Joy steals the show with her infectious smile.

A. transitive

B. intransitive


A sentence may have more than one direct object.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Mrs. Davidson uses grammar to write her papers correctly.

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive


Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

Mushu chased the toy around the living room floor.

A. toy

B. Mushu

C. living room

D. floor


Is the verb in this sentence transitive or intransitive?

I walked to the park yesterday morning.

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive


Jim owed his landlord $450.

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive


The workmen have been painting for hours.

A.  Intransitive

B.  Transitive


Verbs can change between transitive and intransitive depending on the context of the sentence.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

C. Wait, what?

D. Mrs. Davidson this is too hard.


Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

After dinner, my dad took a short nap in his recliner.

A. dad

B. dinner

C. recliner

D. nap


Dad cooked hamburgers and hot dogs.

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive


The history museum has two new exhibits.

A. Transitive

B. intransitive


A ____________________ verb has a direct object.

A. transcontinental

B. transfer

C. intransitive

D. transitive


Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

The monkey ate bananas and grapes in his cage.

A. ate

B. monkey

C. cage

D. bananas, grapes


The princess saved him from punishment.

A. transitive

B. intransitive


When they call from the charity, Mrs. Alpert always gives generously.

A.    Intransitive

B.   Transitive


Intransitive verbs have no direct object.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

C. Unknown


Anger also amuses us with his short temper.

A. transitive

B. intransitive


Identify the direct object in the following sentence:

I saw a monster on Halloween.

A. I

B. monster

C. Halloween

D. saw


Transitive verbs have a direct object

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

C. Unknown


Is the verb in this sentence transitive or intransitive?

Give me that book!

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive


Metals expand on heating.

A. Intransitive Verb

B. Transitive Verb


Freshmen study in the morning before school.

A. transitive

B. intransitive


In flat regions the Nile River flows slowly.

A. Transitive

B. Intransitive




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