INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT MIDDLE SECTION DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – Revision Worksheet Std. VIII ________ Roll No. ________ Name _______________________________ Date ____/ 5/ 2017 I. Underline the verbs in the following sentences and mention whether they are transitive or intransitive. a) Yusuf and Ali ran across the street through the heavy traffic. ___________________________________ b) It is a rare occurrence.
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c) He has worked in this office for many years. ______________________________________ d) We played Kabaddi in our P.E. period today. _________________________________________ e) Rashmi sings classical and folk songs. ______________________________________ f) I received my cousin at the airport. _________________________________________ II. Conclude the sentences given below as directed. a) She bathes _____________________________________________________________________________. (Transitive sentence) b) Mahendra is running _____________________________________________________________________. (Intransitive sentence) c) Kalki Koechlin is _______________________________________________________________________. (Intransitive sentence) d) The peon has taken _______________________________________________________________________. (Transitive sentence) e) The businessman had been lying ____________________________________________________________. (Intransitive sentence) f) My mother was preparing _________________________________________________________________. (Transitive sentence)
III. Construct a Transitive sentence and an Intransitive sentence with each of the verbs given below. You can change the tense of the given verbs. Put a cross next to the given verb if a sentence cannot be constructed, as directed, with it. a i) Run (Transitive sentence) _________________________________________________________________ ii) Run (Intransitive sentence) _______________________________________________________________ b i) Hang (Transitive sentence) ________________________________________________________________ ii) Hang (Intransitive sentence) _______________________________________________________________ c i) Walk (Transitive sentence) _______________________________________________________________ ii) Walk (Intransitive sentence) _______________________________________________________________ IV. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct word in the blanks provided. The first one has been done as an example. a) A sharp mind is as important like a healthy body,
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b) and exercises your brain can be a lot of fun.
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c) Spend any time learning things on the internet,
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d) enrol through a class for that craft you have always wanted __________________ e) to master, go out with friends or playing a board game.
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f) All these activities can great improve your mental health. ___________________
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V. Rearrange the words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. a) suggests/ can decrease/ research/ that/ stress hormones/ laughter/ chances of/ and/ the/ heart attack/ reduce _________________________________________________________________________________________
b) physical wellbeing/ important/ for mental/ laughter/ but also/ the soul/ good / not just/ for/ and/ is __________________________________________________________________________________________
c) a/ failures/ helps us/ humour/ strengths/ good sense/ of/ focus/ our/ instead/ of/ on __________________________________________________________________________________________
Std. VIII
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – Revision Worksheet (Answer Key)
I. a) ran – Intransitive e) sings – Transitive
b) is – Intransitive f) received – Transitive
c) has worked – Intransitive
d) played – Transitive
II. / III - any appropriate ending / sentences using nouns or pronouns as objects for transitive sentences and adverbs etc. for intransitive sentences. IV. b) exercises – exercising
c) any – some
d) through – in
e) playing – play
f) great – greatly
V. a) Research suggests that laughter can decrease stress hormones and reduce the chances of heart attack. b) Laughter is not just important for mental and physical wellbeing but also good for the soul. c) A good sense of humour helps us focus on our strengths instead of failures.
