Transitive and Intransitive Verbs: Identify if the underlined word is Transitive or Intransitive Verb.

To solve this task, we need to determine whether the underlined verb in each sentence is Transitive or Intransitive.

Here is the rule to help us decide:
* Transitive Verb: The action of the verb is done *to* something or someone. You can ask "What?" or "Whom?" after the verb. If there is a direct answer (a direct object), it is transitive.
* Intransitive Verb: The action stops with the subject. It does not act on anything else. You cannot ask "What?" or "Whom?" after the verb to get a meaningful answer.

Let's go through each sentence step by step:

1. "When he arrived..."
* Verb: *arrived*
* Ask: Arrived what? Arrived whom?
* Answer: Nothing. The action is complete.
* Type: Intransitive

2. "I bought a bicycle..."
* Verb: *bought*
* Ask: Bought what?
* Answer: A bicycle. (Direct Object)
* Type: Transitive

3. "The boy laughed..."
* Verb: *laughed*
* Ask: Laughed what?
* Answer: Nothing. You just laugh; you don't laugh something.
* Type: Intransitive

4. "He reads books..."
* Verb: *reads*
* Ask: Reads what?
* Answer: Books. (Direct Object)
* Type: Transitive

5. "Jim is sleeping..."
* Verb: *sleeping*
* Ask: Sleeping what?
* Answer: Nothing.
* Type: Intransitive

6. "When I lie down..."
* Verb: *lie*
* Ask: Lie what?
* Answer: Nothing.
* Type: Intransitive

7. "...she wrote an essay."
* Verb: *wrote* (Note: "catch up" is also underlined, but usually in these worksheets, if there are two verbs, we look at the main action or the one that fits the structure best. However, looking closely at the image, "catch up" is underlined in the first clause, and "wrote" is in the second. Wait, looking at the image again, "catch up" is underlined. Let's re-evaluate sentence 7.)
* *Correction:* The underlined part is catch up.
* Sentence: "In order to catch up in class..."
* Ask: Catch up what? Catch up whom?
* Answer: Nothing. It is an idiom meaning to reach the same level.
* Type: Intransitive

8. "The man sneezed..."
* Verb: *sneezed*
* Ask: Sneezed what?
* Answer: Nothing.
* Type: Intransitive

9. "She sat down..."
* Verb: *sat*
* Ask: Sat what?
* Answer: Nothing.
* Type: Intransitive

10. "...they passed the ball..."
* Verb: *passed*
* Ask: Passed what?
* Answer: The ball. (Direct Object)
* Type: Transitive

11. "The family turned off the light..."
* Verb: *turned off* (Phrasal verb)
* Ask: Turned off what?
* Answer: The light. (Direct Object)
* Type: Transitive

12. "We moved the tables..."
* Verb: *moved*
* Ask: Moved what?
* Answer: The tables. (Direct Object)
* Type: Transitive

13. "He puts on his winter boots..."
* Verb: *puts on* (Phrasal verb)
* Ask: Puts on what?
* Answer: His winter boots. (Direct Object)
* Type: Transitive

14. "They waited..."
* Verb: *waited*
* Ask: Waited what?
* Answer: Nothing. You wait for someone, but you don't "wait" the person directly (unless used differently, but here it is intransitive).
* Type: Intransitive

15. "The train stopped abruptly."
* Verb: *stopped*
* Ask: Stopped what?
* Answer: Nothing. The train stopped itself.
* Type: Intransitive

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