Exercise 1 – Identify the transitive and intransitive verb

Go through the sentences and identify the transitive and intransitive verbs. Highlight it.
1. I like all of Katy Perry’s songs.
2. New Delhi is the capital of India.
3. Billie Eilish is a singer.
4. Will built a doll house for his eight-year-old daughter.
5. I ate a sandwich for breakfast.
6. All of them danced at my wedding party.
7. The mosquito bat does not seem to be working.
8. No tomato is ripe.
9. Sherin bought a phone for her mother.
10. The teapoy broke all of a sudden.
11. Noel brought a bottle of wine for dinner.
12. Srilakshmi and Vinod love watching feel-good movies.
13. The footballs and basketballs are kept in the third cupboard.
14. They purchased a new TV.
15. Heera lost her favourite black bag.
16. It was raining until a few hours back.
17. There are exactly 150 juice packs.
18. The cat chased the mouse around the house.
19. The doctors helped the patients in need.
20. Marley found the solution to the problem.

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks with transitive verbs

Read through the following sentences and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate
transitive verb from the list given below.
(wrote, designed, carries, know, bought, find, likes, baked, had, gave, watch, will be meeting,
repaired, prescribed, brought, have, wagged, bring, made, sang)
1. We ________
had chapati and kurma for dinner.
know the answer to that question.
2. I ________
made
3. The teacher ________ Riyana the class leader.
brought some keepsakes for my friends and family.
4. When I came back from Ethiopia, I ________
have
5. They ________ doubts about it.
 designed this saree for me.
6. Lea ________
gave
7. My friends ________ me an unexpected gift for my birthday.
8. Tina ________
sang ‘You are my reason’ at my wedding.
9. Where can I ________
find a newspaper?
10. Did you ________
watch the movie?
11. The little girl ________
likes having mangoes after every meal.
wagged its tail on seeing its owner.
12. The dog ________
prescribed some medicines for my fatigue.
13. The doctor ________
bought
14. The captain ________ new jerseys for all the players.
15. Tessa ________
baked a cake for her mom’s birthday.
repaired my computer.
16. Rakesh ________
17. Swetha ________
carries an umbrella in her bag everyday.
wrote a letter to my best friend.
18. I ________
19. Can you ________
bring me a glass of water?
will be her friends tomorrow.
20. She ________
meeting

Exercise 3 – Fill in the blanks with intransitive verbs

Check out the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the most suitable intransitive verbs from
the list given below.
(was feeling, cried, is, feel, will be going, looks, are, is not working, will walk, goes, was, suits, ran,
lives, will stay, acted, will wait, yelled, sneezed, sat)
looks
1. It ________ great.
is
2. Today ________ Monday.
are
3. These books ________ interesting.
was
4. The little girl ________ excited to see the number of gifts she had received on her birthday.
5. I ________
feel exhausted.
6. Gina’s friends ________
acted weirdly.
lives
7. The new manager ________ in Whitefield.
is not
8. My brother’s laptop ________ properly.
working
will be to work by bus tomorrow.
9. Niya ________
10. Srinivasan ________
goes for a walk every evening after work.
suits
11. This colour ________ you well.
will stay here until you come back.
12. I ________
smiled every time she saw me.
13. Veena ________
 sat
14. He ________ in a very comfortable position.
ran
15. Binoy ________ to catch the bus.
cried
16. Dileep ________ the whole day.
sneezed the moment he smelt the flowers.
17. Sushil ________
will walk with you to the bus stand.
18. I ________
19. Tharik was feeling lonely and sad.
________
yelled
20. My father ________ at me because I broke the glasses.