Question

underline the verbs and mention their transitive or intransitive

1)Ajay is playing as the captain of the team
2)saman baked a cake for her brother.

3)the doctor is arriving any time soon
4)the book is a gift from Hari.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Transitive verbs and Intransitive verbs.

TRANSITIVE VERBS

Transitive verbs require an object to complete their meaning.

Imagine that I say:

I bought.

This sentence is incomplete. There is information that is missing.

You are probably wondering what I bought. (What did you buy Rob?)

Why is this sentence incomplete?

Because BOUGHT (the past of buy) is a transitive verb and a transitive verb needs an object after it to complete the sentence. The object after a transitive verb can be a noun or a pronoun.

I bought a car.

Now the sentence is complete and we can understand it. We added the object “a car” after the verb.

Let’s look at some other examples.

If someone says:

She likes. (incomplete - incorrect)

You probably think … She likes WHAT? (What does she like?)

Like is a transitive verb so we need an object after the verb.

She likes chocolate.

Now we know what she likes so this sentence is complete and correct.

I invited Angelica.

You cannot just say I invited because the sentence is incomplete. The person who

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. verb is playing intransitive

2. verb baked transitive

3. verb is arriving transitive

4. verb is gift transitive