Write each verb. Identify it by writing transitive or
intransitive. If it is transitive, write the word or words
that answer the questions what? or whom?

1. Thomas Morris, an Australian athlete, once skipped
rope from Melbourne to Adelaide, Australia.

2. Manuel, the head chef of the finest restaurant in the
do hotel, baked fourteen different kinds of cakes for the
wedding reception.

3. He also expertly sculpted a swan out of ice that stood
five feet tall, with fresh flowers at its base and piles of
fruit between its wings.

4. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, poverty-
stricken contestants competed in dance marathons for
days at a time.

5. Sometimes they fell asleep on their feet, leaning
against each other.
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6. My sister Elena and I stayed at the school until four
o'clock for play rehearsal.

7. Then we ran most of the way home.

8. Monique chewed a carrot thoughtfully and waited for a
telephone call.

9. The big yellow cat watched her, a gleam of mischief in
his dark gold eyes.

10. My father mowed the entire lawn yesterday with the
push mower, and my brother, Allen, and I weeded most
of the flower beds.