Students use this worksheet to practice identifying transitive and intransitive verbs while underlining direct objects in various sentences.

Sure! Let’s solve this step by step.

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🎯 Task:

You are to write “T” for transitive and “I” for intransitive verbs.

> 🔍 Reminder from the worksheet:
> - A transitive verb will have a direct object. (The direct object receives the action of the verb.)
> - An intransitive verb will not have a direct object.

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✔ How to identify:

1. Find the verb in the sentence.
2. Ask: “Who or what is receiving the action?”
- If there’s an answer → it’s a direct object → verb is transitive (T).
- If there’s no receiver → verb is intransitive (I).

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Let’s go line by line:

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1. Tom ate five donuts for breakfast.
→ Verb: *ate*
→ What did Tom eat? → *five donuts* → that’s the direct object.
✔ T

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2. Have you mopped the floor lately?
→ Verb: *mopped*
→ What did you mop? → *the floor* → direct object.
✔ T

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3. The movie was boring.
→ Verb: *was* (linking verb) — doesn’t take a direct object. “Boring” is a subject complement (describes the subject).
✔ I

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4. I burned my fingers on the stove.
→ Verb: *burned*
→ What did I burn? → *my fingers* → direct object.
✔ T

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5. The pony trotted around the field.
→ Verb: *trotted*
→ Is there something being trotted? No — “around the field” is a prepositional phrase showing location, not a direct object.
✔ I

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6. Dad took the train to Boston.
→ Verb: *took*
→ What did Dad take? → *the train* → direct object.
✔ T

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7. Stella laughed.
→ Verb: *laughed*
→ Laughed at what? Nothing specified — no direct object.
✔ I

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8. At the end of the game, a referee blows a whistle.
→ Verb: *blows*
→ What does the referee blow? → *a whistle* → direct object.
✔ T

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9. Got.
→ This is just one word — incomplete sentence. But if we assume it’s “I got [something]”, then *got* usually takes a direct object (e.g., “I got a gift”). In isolation, though, it’s ambiguous. However, in grammar worksheets like this, “Got” alone is often treated as intransitive because there’s no visible object.
✔ I *(Note: In context, “got” is often transitive, but here with no object shown, we mark it I.)*

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10. Linda picked strawberries in the open field.
→ Verb: *picked*
→ What did Linda pick? → *strawberries* → direct object.
✔ T

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11. We arrived at the bus stop late.
→ Verb: *arrived*
→ Arrived where? → “at the bus stop” — prepositional phrase, not a direct object.
✔ I

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12. Mom sewed a dress.
→ Verb: *sewed*
→ What did Mom sew? → *a dress* → direct object.
✔ T

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13. Dad washed the car.
→ Verb: *washed*
→ What did Dad wash? → *the car* → direct object.
✔ T

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14. Janice ate from the red bowl.
→ Verb: *ate*
→ What did Janice eat? → Not specified! “From the red bowl” tells us *where* she ate from, not *what* she ate. So no direct object.
✔ I

*(Note: Some might argue “ate” implies food, but grammatically, unless the object is stated, it’s considered intransitive.)*

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✔ Final Answers:

1. T
2. T
3. I
4. T
5. I
6. T
7. I
8. T
9. I
10. T
11. I
12. T
13. T
14. I

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💡 Bonus Tip:

Some verbs can be both transitive and intransitive depending on context (like “eat,” “run,” “walk”). Always check if a noun or pronoun directly receives the action — that’s your direct object!

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