Transitive and Intransitive Verb

State whether the verbs in the following sentences are transitive or intransitive. Name the
object of each transitive verb, and the complement of each verb of incomplete predication.

1. The sun rises in the east.

2. The dog barks.
3. He raised his hands.
4. The information proved false.
5. The child has fallen asleep.
6. The donkey kept braying.
7. The tea is hot.
8. The results are out.
9. She called again and again.
10. We are human beings.
11. The old man went mad.
12. She waited for the bus.
13. He told a story.
14. I saw him playing.
15. The sky is overcast.
16. Regular exercise made his muscles strong.
17. God called the light day.
18. They chose him their leader.
19. I consider the man trustworthy.
20. She called me a liar.

Answers

1. Intransitive verb rises; complement none

2. Intransitive verb barks; complement none
3. Transitive verb raised; object his hands
4. Intransitive verb proved; complement false
5. Intransitive verb has fallen; complement asleep
6. Transitive verb kept; object braying
7. Intransitive verb is; complement hot
8. Intransitive verb are; complement out
9. Intransitive verb again; complement none
10. Intransitive verb are; complement human beings
11. Intransitive verb went; complement mad
12. Intransitive verb waited; complement none
13. Transitive verb told; object story
14. Transitive verb saw; object him
15. Intransitive verb is; object overcast
16. Transitive verb made; object his muscles
17. Transitive verb called; object the light
18. Transitive verb chose; object him
19. Transitive verb consider; object man
20. Transitive verb called; object me
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What are Transitive Verbs, Intransitive Verbs, and Linking Verbs?

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Introduction
First of all, if you're scared of the terms transitive, intransitive, and linking, don't worry. They're really not as bad as
they sound. I remember hearing these words in junior high school and high school and not really understanding what
they mean.

But some of these concepts are important for GMAT sentence correction and for the TOEFL. Search

First, look at some examples, and see if you can tell the difference already:

My sister broke the glass. (broke is a transitive verb)

My father cried. (cried is an intransitive verb)

My sister is a doctor. (is is a linking verb)

Can you figure out the difference between the verbs (broke, cried, is) in the above sentences? I'm not talking about
the meaning, I'm talking about the grammar. In other words, how are these three verbs grammatically different?

We should notice that the first verb, broke, has another word after it (glass). The second verb, cried, does not have
another word after it. So in one sense, we can say that all verbs in English can be divided into two groups -- those
that must have a word (or words) after them and words that do not have to have any word after them.

The third verb, is, has a noun (doctor) after it, but in its grammatical function, it's different from the noun (glass) that
comes after broke. Think about it -- in the first sentence, we are saying that my sister broke something, and that thing
was the glass. So, glass is receiving the action of broke. In the third sentence, we are saying that my sister is a
doctor -- doctor is not receving any action. In fact, doctor and sister are the same thing -- we are actually identifying
sister with the word doctor. And the verb is that is between sister and doctor serves to connect the two nouns (sister
and doctor). Verbs that function in this way are called linking verbs.

These rules are a bit simplified right now, but we will learn more later. For now, let's just focus on the simple ideas.
And if all this stuff already makes sense to you, you're in good shape.

Let's look at the three different kinds of verbs in a bit more detail ShareThis