UNIT 26 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 26

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

 

EXERCISE A All the words in bold are verbs. Underline the transitive verbs and circle the intransitive verbs.   1 I only watch television at the weekend. I look at the news sometimes. 2 My mother drives her car to work. My father walks to work. 3 On an average, a chicken lays five eggs a week. My granny was tired so she lay down for a rest. 4 Mrs Lane speaks three languages. Kelly talks to her parents in English. 5 The police are seeking a tall man with a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder. The town council is looking for the best architect to design the new sports centre. 6 Children, please concentrate on your schoolwork. It is important to study languages. 7 Let's get on with some work in the school garden. Tom, will you get the wheelbarrow, please? 8 Right! Everybody please sit down quietly. Open your books at page 72. 9 Mary bumped into Mr Frank in the corridor. He dropped all the books he was carrying. 10 Hurry up! I'm waiting for you! My parents are attending the end-of-term prize-giving day tomorrow. 11 Over one billion people live in India today. Large families often share one house. 12 His parents used to own two cars. Does this bicycle belong to you?   EXERCISE B Mark the verbs in colour (T) for transitive verbs or (/) for intransitive verbs. The first one has been done for you. Good study habits If you want to (1) do ( _I__ ) well at school, it is important to (2) work ( _______ ) hard. Try to (3) find (_______) a quiet place to (4) do (_______)your homework so that you can (5) concentrate (_______) on it properly. It's also a good idea to (6) choose (_______) a regular time each day, perhaps when you get home from school. Some of my friends like to (7) take (_______) some exercise before they (8) start (_______) their homework. One of them (9) walks (_______)around the park to get some fresh air. Another friend (10) jogs (_______)for thirty minutes or so. I just (11) relax (_______) for a little bit when I get home and then start to do my homework. When I (12) finish (_______) my work, I (13) check (_______)it carefully. Then I (14) put (_______)it away and (15) enjoy (_______ ) the rest of the evening!   EXERCISE C Mark the verbs in colour (T) for transitive verbs or (/) for intransitive verbs. My great grandmother My great grandmother is over eighty years old. She (1) lives (_______) with me and my family. We (2) call (_______) her Granny G! She isn't very strong anymore so we (3) care (_______) for her. My mother (4) does (_______) a lot of the work, but she also (5) relies (_______) on me to help, too. I often (6) help (_______) my mother to (7) bring (_______) Granny G from the bedroom into the kitchen for breakfast. We all (8) have (_______) breakfast together. Then my father (9) goes (_______ )to work, and my brother and I (10) walk (_______) to school together. Sometimes a nurse (11) takes care ( _ ) of Granny G if my mother has to go out. In the evening Granny G (12) sits (_______ ) with us and (13) watches (_______) television. What I really like about my great grandmother is that she always (14) smiles (_______) and (15) laughs (_______) with us. I'm very glad she lives with us.

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