Transitive Verbs
An action verb is transitive if the receiver of the action is named in the sentence----the object.
Example: Harold opened the jar of peanut butter with great difficulty. Jar receives the action and tells what was opened.
Intransitive Verbs
A sentence with an intransitive verb will not have an object.
Example: My brother laughed. The car raced through the traffic light.
In your journal write each sentence (pencil-print) and underline the transitive verb, circle its object and draw an arrow from the verb to the object. (you do not need to rewrite.)
1. Lightning struck the old building downtown.
2. The airplane reached the terminal two hours late.
3. According to legend, Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while on his way to Pennsylvania.
Identify only the intransitive verb. (you do not have to write the sentences,)
1. My brother laughed for an hour at the joke.
2. We talked for hours after dinner.
3. The spider hovered near the edge of the window.
In cursive and in ink, use each verb to write two sentences of your own, once as a transitive verb and once as an intransitive verb. Label your sentences as transitive or intransitive and underline the verbs.
Example: read
He read the novel in a week. transitive
After lunch, he read until dinner. intransitive
1-2 grow 3-4 play 5-6 jump 7-8 swim 9-10 shout
An action verb is transitive if the receiver of the action is named in the sentence----the object.
Example: Harold opened the jar of peanut butter with great difficulty. Jar receives the action and tells what was opened.
Intransitive Verbs
A sentence with an intransitive verb will not have an object.
Example: My brother laughed. The car raced through the traffic light.
In your journal write each sentence (pencil-print) and underline the transitive verb, circle its object and draw an arrow from the verb to the object. (you do not need to rewrite.)
1. Lightning struck the old building downtown.
2. The airplane reached the terminal two hours late.
3. According to legend, Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while on his way to Pennsylvania.
Identify only the intransitive verb. (you do not have to write the sentences,)
1. My brother laughed for an hour at the joke.
2. We talked for hours after dinner.
3. The spider hovered near the edge of the window.
In cursive and in ink, use each verb to write two sentences of your own, once as a transitive verb and once as an intransitive verb. Label your sentences as transitive or intransitive and underline the verbs.
Example: read
He read the novel in a week. transitive
After lunch, he read until dinner. intransitive
1-2 grow 3-4 play 5-6 jump 7-8 swim 9-10 shout