EXERCISE 13 Writing Sentences with Transitive and Intransitive
Verbs
For each verb below, write two sentences on your own paper. In one sentence, use the
verb as a transitive verb, and underline the person or thing the action is directed toward.
In the other sentence, use the verb as an intransitive verb.

EX. 1. sang
1. Denise sang the school song.

1. kept
2. taught
3. whispered
4. painted
1. Denise sang sweetly.
5. climbed
6. moved
7. left