Question

State whether the following verbs are transitive or

intransitive :

(a) She was crying all day long.

(b) We showed her the photo album.

(c) The doctor advised me to exercise regularly.

(d) It was raining at that time. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. intransitive

2. transitive

3. transitive

4 intransitive

Answer 2

Explanation:

When there is a object present in the sentence for the given verb then the verb is transitive verb otherwise it is intransitive.

Ask question with 'What?' and if you get the answer as object then the given verb has object.

a) What was crying?

Ans. She ( But 'She' is subject here so the given verb is intransitive.)

b) What showed?

Ans. The photo album ( it is object )

so, verb 'showed' is transitive.

c) What advised?

Ans. To exercise ( it is object )

so, verb 'advised' is transitive.

d) What was raining?

Ans. It ( But 'It' is subject here so the given verb is intransitive.)

I hope this will help you to understand the concept easily.

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