MacMillan English Ferry Reader 7
\nUnit 1 Grammar<\/p>\n
A. Read these sentences and underline the transitive verbs. Not all sentences have transitive verbs.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. The driver stopped the car.<\/p>\n 2. The car stopped abruptly.<\/p>\n 3. The rider fell off the horse.<\/p>\n 4. The woodcutter felled a tree.<\/p>\n 5. The boy is flying a kite.<\/p>\n 6. My father made some delicious soup for us.<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. The driver stopped<\/span> the car. (object \u2013 car)<\/p>\n 2. The car stopped abruptly.<\/p>\n 3. The rider fell off the horse.<\/p>\n 4. The woodcutter felled<\/span> a tree. (object \u2013 tree)<\/p>\n 5. The boy is flying<\/span> a kite. (object \u2013 a kite)<\/p>\n 6. My father made<\/span> some delicious soup for us. (object \u2013 delicious soup)<\/p>\n B. Read the short news article. Circle the objects of the highlighted verbs. Decide if the verbs are transitive or intransitive.<\/strong><\/p>\n The police are looking for<\/strong> two men who robbed<\/strong> a bank in New Delhi today. They walked<\/strong> casually into the bank and held<\/strong> the staff at gunpoint. The security guard stood<\/strong> helplessly, while the two thieves emptied<\/strong> the vault of cash. The police say<\/strong> the men were armed and dangerous. If you see<\/strong> the two men, you should call<\/strong> the police immediately.<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for \u2013 transitive (object \u2013 two men)<\/p>\n Robbed \u2013 transitive (object \u2013 bank)<\/p>\n Walked \u2013 intransitive<\/p>\n Held \u2013 transitive (object \u2013 the staff)<\/p>\n Stood \u2013 intransitive<\/p>\n Emptied \u2013 transitive (object \u2013 the vault of cash)<\/p>\n Say \u2013 intransitive<\/p>\n See \u2013 transitive (object \u2013 two men)<\/p>\n Call \u2013 transitive (object \u2013 the police)<\/p>\n C. Complete the story with words from the boxes. Then, look at the verbs and mark T for transitive and IT for intransitive.<\/strong><\/p>\n (quietly, a fight, two men, information, a farmhouse, the men, quickly, a bank)<\/p>\n The police moved \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. this evening to arrest \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 who, earlier in the day, robbed \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 in central Delhi. The thieves went \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. without putting up \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. The police were acting on the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. from an anonymous phone call. The caller said that they saw \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. enter \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 in the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n The police moved quickly<\/strong> this evening to arrest the men<\/strong> who, earlier in the day, robbed a bank<\/strong> in central Delhi. The thieves went quietly<\/strong> without putting up a fight<\/strong>. The police were acting on the information<\/strong> from an anonymous phone call. The caller said that they saw two men<\/strong> enter a farmhouse<\/strong> in the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MacMillan English Ferry Reader 7 Unit 1 Grammar A. Read these sentences and underline the transitive verbs. Not all sentences have transitive verbs. 1. The driver stopped the car. 2. 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