Question

Pick out the verbs in the following sentences and say whether they are transitive or intransitive:

3. He spoke at the top of his voice.
4. The watchman was yawning in the morning.
5. His father scolded him for his poor performance in the examination.

Answer 1

Hey...

3.spoke-intransitive
4.yawning-intransitive
5.scolded-transitive     

Answer 2

a word can be chosen as a verb when it shows / describes an action.

from the given sentences,

" spoke", "yawning" and "scolded " are the verbs.

transitive verb can change the situation and may cause some affect and intransitive don't.

So , spoke and yawning are intransitive whereas scolded is transitive.