Question

It bleated frantically and butted him is transitive or intransitive

Answer 1

In the given sentence- It bleated frantically and butted him, there are two verbs: 'bleated' and 'butted'.'Bleated' is intransitive verb whereas 'butted' is a transitive verb.

* Transitive verbs are the ones which are always followed by an object.

Active voice sentences which are transformed into the passive voice have a transitive verb.

* Intransitive verbs are the ones which are not followed by an object.

Such sentences do not have any passive form.



Answer 2

It bleated frantically and butted him is intransitive.

Explanation:

• The verb that exerts its action on the object is known as a transitive verb.
• Whereas an intransitive verb is a verb that will make sense of its action without depending on the object.
• Some verbs can be used in both cases.
• The term transitive sometimes makes people imagine of transit, which leads to the wrong belief that the terms transitive and intransitive are just imaginative ways of showing action and non action.