This worksheet helps students practice identifying whether verbs are transitive or intransitive by analyzing sentence structures.

Explanation:
We need to decide if each bolded verb is transitive or intransitive.

🔹 A transitive verb needs a direct object — something that receives the action.
You can test it by asking: *What?* or *Whom?* after the verb. If you get a clear answer (a noun), it’s transitive.

🔹 An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. The action stays with the subject — no “what?” or “whom?” makes sense.

Let’s go one by one:

1. She was crying all day long.
→ *She cried what?* → Doesn’t make sense. “Crying” here is just an action she did — no object.
✔ Intransitive

2. We showed her the photo album.
→ *We showed what?* → the photo album. Also, “her” is an indirect object, but the key is there’s a direct object (“the photo album”).
✔ Transitive

3. The doctor advised me to exercise regularly.
→ *The doctor advised whom?* → me. “Me” is the direct object (people can be direct objects too!).
✔ Transitive

4. It was raining at that time.
→ *It rained what?* → nonsense. Rain is something that just happens; no object.
✔ Intransitive

5. She laughed at the joke.
→ *She laughed what?* → doesn’t work. “At the joke” is a prepositional phrase, not a direct object. “Laugh” is intransitive (even with “at…”).
✔ Intransitive

6. She gave a cookie to the child.
→ *She gave what?* → a cookie. Direct object = “a cookie”. (The child is indirect.)
✔ Transitive

7. They slept in the street.
→ *They slept what?* → no. “In the street” is location, not an object. Sleep is intransitive.
✔ Intransitive

8. I ate the cherries.
→ *I ate what?* → the cherries. Clear direct object.
✔ Transitive

9. My father doesn’t drink coffee.
→ *My father doesn’t drink what?* → coffee. Direct object.
✔ Transitive

10. Roger cleans his bathroom often.
→ *Roger cleans what?* → his bathroom. Direct object.
✔ Transitive

11. He always keeps his money in a wallet.
→ *He keeps what?* → his money. Direct object.
✔ Transitive

12. The train arrived.
→ *The train arrived what?* → nonsense. Arrive is intransitive (no object).
✔ Intransitive

Now list them clearly:

1. Intransitive
2. Transitive
3. Transitive
4. Intransitive
5. Intransitive
6. Transitive
7. Intransitive
8. Transitive
9. Transitive
10. Transitive
11. Transitive
12. Intransitive

Final Answer:
1. Intransitive
2. Transitive
3. Transitive
4. Intransitive
5. Intransitive
6. Transitive
7. Intransitive
8. Transitive
9. Transitive
10. Transitive
11. Transitive
12. Intransitive