Mystery
Where is the heart of a shrimp located?
Shrimp have their hearts – along with other vital organs such as their stomach and ventral nerve cord – inside of their heads due to the safety this part of the body provides over the tail-end.
Today ________ Monday.
Today is Monday.
New Delhi is the capital of India.
New Delhi is the capital of India. – Intransitive Verb
What are transitive verbs?
Transitive verbs are those words which require an object to make complete sense.
For example – I ate an apple, where ‘ate’ is the transitive verb and ‘an apple’ is the object.
My father ______ a new dress for my birthday. (buy)
My father bought a new dress for my birthday.
True or false
True
My brother’s laptop ________ properly. (Negative)
My brother’s laptop is not working properly.
Will built a doll house for his eight-year-old daughter.
Will built a doll house for his eight-year-old daughter. – Transitive Verb
What is an intransitive verb?
Any verb that does not need an object to make sense is called an intransitive verb.
For example – I can’t think right now, where ‘can’t think’ is the intransitive verb.
We _____ lots of flamingos in the bird park. (see)
We saw lots of flamingos in the bird park.
Who is the artist behind the famous painting starry night?
Vincent van Gogh
I ________ exhausted. (sentir)
I feel exhausted.
It was raining until a few hours ago.
It was raining until a few hours ago. – Intransitive Verb
Give three examples of transitive verbs.
Answers vary.
Some examples of transitive verbs are eat, drink, carry, like, wash, bring, buy, make, read, etc.
The chief guest ______ the awards to the winners. (present)
The chief guest presented the awards to the winners.
What effect does pink kryptonite has in superman?
It turns him gay
Veena ________ lonely and sad. (past continuous -sentir)
Veena was feeling lonely and sad.
The teapot broke all of a sudden.
The teapot broke all of a sudden. – Intransitive Verb
Give three examples of intransitive verbs.
Answers vary.
Some examples of intransitive verbs are think, feel, to be, go, walk, jump, sit, run, sneeze, sleep, live, etc.
They ______ the dinner quietly. They were very tired. (eat)
They ate the dinner quietly. They were very tired.
Name 5 tenses
present
past
future
perfect
continuous
Jack ________ for a walk every evening after work. (Present)
Srinivasan goes for a walk every evening after work.
The footballs and basketballs are kept in the third cabinet.
The footballs and basketballs are kept in the third cabinet. – Transitive Verb
Can certain verbs be both transitive verbs and intransitive verbs?
Yes they can be both
•Nadira ran the company. [Transitive]
•Nadira ran to hide. [Intransitive]
Shakespeare_______ the play Hamlet. (write)
Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet.