Review: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Identify whether the underlined verb or compound verb is used transitively or intransitively:

The old woman struggled up the hill, pulling a grocery cart that had lost one wheel behind her.

Much to the amusement of the onlookers, Paul danced a minuet to the polka music that drifted out of the beer tent.

At the beginning of the play, the entire cast dances manically across the stage.

Stella is reading quietly in the upstairs bedroom instead of doing her chores.

Charles opened up his lunch, examined the contents carefully, and ate his dessert first.

The Stephens sisters are both very talented; Virginia writes and Vanessa paints.

When I was three years old, my father left a can of paint open in my bedroom, and early one morning, I painted my baby brother's face green.

Written by Heather MacFadyen

Question 1

The old woman struggled up the hill, pulling a grocery cart that had lost one wheel behind her.

Hermione is editing her uncle's memoirs of his lifetime as a green grocer.

Much to the amusement of the onlookers, Paul danced a minuet to the polka music that drifted out of the beer tent.

At the beginning of the play, the entire cast dances manically across the stage.

Stella is reading quietly in the upstairs bedroom instead of doing her chores.

This term I am reading all of the works of Sylvia Townsend Warner.

At the feast, we will eat heartily.

Charles opened up his lunch, examined the contents carefully, and ate his dessert first.

The Stephens sisters are both very talented; Virginia writes and Vanessa paints.

When I was three years old, my father left a can of paint open in my bedroom, and early one morning, I painted my baby brother's face green.