This worksheet breaks down the rules for transitive and intransitive verbs before challenging students to identify them in sentences.

Let's solve the exercise step by step, based on the definitions of transitive and intransitive verbs provided in the worksheet.

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🔹 Definitions Recap:

- Transitive verb: Requires an object (noun or pronoun) to complete its meaning.
→ Answers: *what* or *whom*?
Example: *The students write compositions.*
→ "Write" needs "compositions" (object).

- Intransitive verb: Does not require an object. The sentence may end with the verb, or be followed by adverbial phrases (time, place, manner, reason).
→ Answers: *when*, *where*, *how*, *why*?
Example: *The children sat at 7:30 pm.*
→ "Sat" does not take a direct object.

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✔ Exercise Solutions:

We are to:
1. Underline the verb.
2. Write "transitive" or "intransitive" in the blank.
3. If transitive, circle the object.

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#### 1. The math professor explains the lesson.

- Verb: explains
- Object: the lesson → answers *what*?
- This is transitive because it requires an object.

✔ Answer:
explains — transitive
→ Circle: the lesson

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#### 2. I drive my car to work every day.

- Verb: drive
- Object: my car → what do you drive?
- "to work every day" is adverbial phrase (where/when), not object.
- So, "drive" takes an object → transitive

✔ Answer:
drive — transitive
→ Circle: my car

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#### 3. Many students sleep late on the weekends.

- Verb: sleep
- No object. "Late" = how? "on the weekends" = when?
- "Sleep" does not take an object → intransitive

✔ Answer:
sleep — intransitive

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#### 4. Louise finally got her license.

- Verb: got
- Object: her license → what did she get?
- "Got" is transitive; it needs an object.

✔ Answer:
got — transitive
→ Circle: her license

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#### 5. Does your family live in Minnesota?

- Verb: live
- "in Minnesota" = where? → adverbial phrase
- "Live" does not take a direct object → intransitive

✔ Answer:
live — intransitive

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#### 6. Mark and Mindy seem unhappy.

- Verb: seem
- "Unhappy" is an adjective (predicative complement), not an object.
- "Seem" is intransitive – it doesn’t take a direct object.
- Note: "seem" is often followed by an adjective or clause, but not a noun object.

✔ Answer:
seem — intransitive

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#### 7. When did your friends come to the United States?

- Verb: come
- "To the United States" = where? → adverbial phrase
- "Come" does not take an object → intransitive

✔ Answer:
come — intransitive

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#### 8. For e-mail, you need a computer.

- Verb: need
- Object: a computer → what do you need?
- "Need" is transitive; requires an object.

✔ Answer:
need — transitive
→ Circle: a computer

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#### 9. My dad and I always disagree.

- Verb: disagree
- No object. "Disagree" is typically intransitive (you don't disagree *something*).
- You can say "disagree with someone", but here no object.
- So, intransitive

✔ Answer:
disagree — intransitive

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#### 10. Did you find the address?

- Verb: find
- Object: the address → what did you find?
- "Find" is transitive → needs an object.

✔ Answer:
find — transitive
→ Circle: the address

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✔ Final Answer Key:

| Sentence | Underlined Verb | Transitive / Intransitive | Object (if any) |
|--------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
| 1 | explains | transitive | circle: the lesson |
| 2 | drive | transitive | circle: my car |
| 3 | sleep | intransitive | — |
| 4 | got | transitive | circle: her license |
| 5 | live | intransitive | — |
| 6 | seem | intransitive | — |
| 7 | come | intransitive | — |
| 8 | need | transitive | circle: a computer |
| 9 | disagree | intransitive | — |
| 10 | find | transitive | circle: the address |

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📝 Summary Tips:

- Ask: *What or whom?* → if there’s a noun/pronoun answering that, it’s transitive.
- If the verb is followed only by adverbs, prepositional phrases, or adjectives (no direct object), it’s intransitive.
- Verbs like seem, appear, become, sleep, come, go, sit, stand are usually intransitive.
- Verbs like write, love, explain, drive, need, find, get are usually transitive.

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