Transitive and Intransitive Verb Quiz
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The workmen have been painting for hours.
A. Intransitive
B. Transitive
A sentence may have more than one direct object.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
In flat regions the Nile River flows slowly.
A. Transitive
B. Intransitive
Joy steals the show with her infectious smile.
A. transitive
B. intransitive
A ____________________ verb has a direct object.
A. transcontinental
B. transfer
C. intransitive
D. transitive
Before you send the proposal, make sure you edit it carefully.
A. Transitive
B. Intransitive
The princess saved him from punishment.
A. transitive
B. intransitive
Transitive verbs have a direct object
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Unknown
Intransitive verbs have no direct object.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Unknown
Identify the direct object in the following sentence:
Mary and Sam ride the bus to school on Fridays.
A. Mary, Sam
B. bus
C. school
D. Fridays
Metals expand on heating.
A. Intransitive Verb
B. Transitive Verb
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.
Jim owed his landlord $450.
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
The history museum has two new exhibits.
A. Transitive
B. intransitive
Mrs. Davidson uses grammar to write her papers correctly.
A. Transitive
B. Intransitive
When they call from the charity, Mrs. Alpert always gives generously.
A. Intransitive
B. 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
Is the verb in this sentence transitive or intransitive?
I walked to the park yesterday morning.
A. Transitive
B. Intransitive
Freshmen study in the morning before school.
A. transitive
B. intransitive
A direct object answers which questions?
A. How? Where?
B. What? Whom?
C. When? How?
D. Why? What?
Identify the direct object in the following sentence:
I saw a monster on Halloween.
A. I
B. monster
C. Halloween
D. saw
Anger also amuses us with his short temper.
A. transitive
B. intransitive
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
Is the verb in this sentence transitive or intransitive?
Give me that book!
A. Transitive
B. Intransitive