State whether the verbs in the following sentences are transitive or intransitive.

Notes:

A transitive verb has an object. The object is what you get when you put the question words whom or what after the verb. An intransitive verb does not have an object.

1. I had a strange experience yesterday.

2. We will not tolerate this.

3. I can’t bear this pain.

4. The child was sleeping soundly.

5. I heard something interesting yesterday.

6. She lives alone in that hut.

7. Men were toiling hard day and night.

8. You are reaping the harvest of your past actions.

9. She is taller for a ten year old.

10. They were jostling one another on the crowded bus.

11. She got off at the next station.

12. I boarded the bus from Thane.

13. The man yelled at the top of his voice.

14. They were shouting slogans.

15. The boy raised his hand.

Answers

1. (transitive verb – had; object – a strange experience)

2. (transitive verb – tolerate; object – this)

3. (transitive verb – bear; object – this pain)

4. (intransitive verb – was sleeping)

5. (transitive verb – heard; object – something interesting)

6. (intransitive verb – lives)

7. (intransitive verb – were toiling)

8. (transitive verb – are reaping; object – the harvest)

9. (intransitive verb – is)

10. (transitive verb – jostling; object – one another)

11. (intransitive verb – got off)

12. (transitive verb – boarded; object – the bus)

13. (intransitive verb – yelled)

14. (transitive verb – were shouting; object – slogans)

15. (transitive verb – raised; object – his hand)