This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Main Verbs > Transitive Verbs – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transitive Verbs Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Conjugate the verb 'to see' in the present continuous tense. A) Was seeing. B) Will see. C) Seeing. D) Am seeing, is seeing, are seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am seeing, is seeing, are seeing. 2. Identify the transitive verb.The man showed us a picture of his entire family. A) Picture. B) Man. C) Showed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Showed. 3. His girlfriend's behavior at the party was unacceptable, which made everyone there shocked. A) Appropriate. B) Suitable. C) Desirable. D) Improper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Improper. 4. Complete the sentence by choosing the indirect object:The librarian read ..... a funny story. A) From the new book. B) Very loudly. C) The excited children. D) And then closed it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The excited children. 5. In the sentence Juan opened the window to let in fresh air, the verb opened is transitive because it has an object (window). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which word is the DO?The teacher read a story after lunch. A) Read. B) Teacher. C) Story. D) Lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Story. 7. DAVID REPAIRED HIS CAR. IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF VERB A) TRANSITIVE. B) INTRANSITIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRANSITIVE. 8. In the sentence 'Mariah listened to the music, ' why is the verb 'listened' intransitive? A) Because 'music' is the direct object. B) Because it has no object at all. C) Because 'music' is the object of the preposition 'to, ' not a direct object. D) Because Mariah is the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because 'music' is the object of the preposition 'to, ' not a direct object. 9. Which word is the transitive verb? The teacher explained the lesson. A) Explained. B) Taught. C) Discussed. D) Learned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explained. 10. In the sentence 'My brother built a cool robot for the science fair, ' what is the direct object? A) Built. B) A cool robot. C) Brother. D) Science fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cool robot. 11. Identify the transitive verb in the following sentence:He kicked the ball into the goal. A) Ran. B) Jumped. C) Threw. D) Kicked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kicked. 12. True or False:A sentence with an intransitive verb can be changed into the passive voice. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. He gave a pen to his friend A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) None of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive verb. 14. Identify the verb as transitive or intransitive:My new car cost me a small fortune. A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive. 15. Our houseguests are going to arrive tomorrow afternoon. A) Transitive. B) Ditransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ditransitive. 16. Decide whether the verbs in bold are transitive or intransitiveHe always keeps his money in a wallet. A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive. 17. My mother always read ..... a story A) For me. B) To me. C) Me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Me. 18. Which word is the DO?Aunt Kim bought a new dress for Jamie. A) Aunt. B) New. C) Jamie. D) Dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dress. 19. The medicine cured the disease. A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive verb. 20. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a transitive verb. A) The birds fly south in the winter. B) She reads the book every night. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She reads the book every night. 21. The policeman left in hurry. A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive verb. 22. The doorbell rang and the dog barked.The verb is ..... A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive. 23. Which one is intransitive? A) She ate an apple. B) She ate an apple. C) She wrote a letter. D) The birds chirped loudly at dawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The birds chirped loudly at dawn. 24. Complete the sentence with the correct transitive verbs:The king ..... water. A) Drink. B) Love. C) Have. D) Drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drinks. 25. The class enjoyed the movie A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) None of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive verb. 26. High winds are expected throughout the night. A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive. 27. What is the function of the direct object in a sentence? A) To describe the subject. B) To complete the action of the verb. C) To connect clauses. D) To provide additional information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To complete the action of the verb. 28. What does the phrasal verb 'give up' mean when it has an object? A) To give something away. B) To stop trying. C) To start something new. D) To forgo something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To forgo something. 29. Identify the transitive verb:The chef prepared a delicious meal. A) Prepared. B) Chopped. C) Cooked. D) Served. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepared. 30. My friend surprised me A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) None of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive verb. 31. My grandmother makes a great cake.The verb is ..... A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive. 32. Conjugate the verb 'to write' in the future tense. A) Will write. B) Writes. C) Writing. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will write. 33. Is that the new restaurant where has just opened on the other side of the town? A) The. B) Where. C) The. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. 34. In the sentence The children slept peacefully during the night, the verb slept is intransitive because it has no object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. What is the direct object in this sentence? Give me that book! A) That. B) Me. C) Give. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Book. 36. Mayank arrived early in the morning. A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive verb. 37. Complex transitive verbs only need one object in a sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. She likes to ..... broccoli. A) Fry. B) Boil. C) Roast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roast. 39. My mother lived in Peru during her childhood.The verb is ..... A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive. 40. They gave up ..... him to go with them. A) To persuade. B) Persuade. C) Persuaded. D) Persuading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuading. 41. Complete the sentence with a phrase that makes the verb 'carried' transitive:The helpful student ..... A) For his teacher. B) Carefully. C) The heavy boxes. D) Up the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The heavy boxes. 42. Complete the sentence with the correct transitive verbs:Jack ..... the computer. A) Love. B) Uses. C) Use. D) Put down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uses. 43. Cody passed the book to Paul.The verb is ..... A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive. 44. What is the transitive verb in this sentence? The history museum has two new exhibits. A) New. B) Museum. C) Has. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 45. Meg does not like ..... A) Oranges. B) Pineapple. C) Kiwi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kiwi. 46. What question can you ask to find the direct object? A) When did it happen?. B) Where is it going?. C) Who is it for?. D) What did the subject do?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What did the subject do?. 47. Identify the direct object in the following sentence:The gardener watered the plants. A) Watered. B) The. C) Plants. D) Gardener. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 48. We will send them ..... A) Presents. B) Present. C) For presents. D) To presents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presents. 49. The girl was crying A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) None of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive verb. 50. I didn't pay attention to the teacher so I failed to understand the lesson. A) I would have understood the lesson if I had paid attention to the teacher. B) Although I paid attention to the teacher, I failed to understand the lesson. C) I would have understood the lesson if I had failed to pay attention to the teacher. D) Unless I failed to understand the lesson, I would pay attention to the teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I would have understood the lesson if I had paid attention to the teacher. 51. In the sentence The baby cried loudly in the crib, the verb cried is intransitive because it has no object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. In the sentence 'Miriam borrowed the methodology book', what is the direct object? A) Borrowed. B) The methodology book. C) Miriam. D) The classmate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The methodology book. 53. Which word is the DO?Mother picked some pretty flowers for us. A) Us. B) Flowers. C) Mother. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flowers. 54. What is the transitive verb in this sentence? She taught him a new skill. A) Him. B) New. C) Taught. D) Skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taught. 55. THERE WAS A FIGHT BETWEEN THEM. WHAT IS THE VERB IN THIS SENTENCE A) BETWEEN. B) WAS FIGHT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WAS FIGHT. 56. Which of the following is a transitive verb? A) Run B) Eat C) Sleep D) Throw A) C) Sleep. B) B) Eat. C) A) Run. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 57. Form a sentence using a transitive verb:(e.g. He read a book.) A) She ate an apple. B) They painted a picture. C) He danced a song. D) I wrote a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She ate an apple. 58. Identify the transitive verb:The artist created a masterpiece. A) Created. B) Artist. C) Masterpiece. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Created. 59. In the sentence "He drives a fast car, " what is the role of the word "drives" ? A) Intransitive verb. B) Transitive verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transitive verb. 60. Which word is the DO?Terry bought groceries at the new store. A) New. B) Bought. C) Groceries. D) Store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groceries. Next →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTransitive Verbs Quiz 2Transitive Verbs Quiz 3Transitive Verbs Quiz 4Transitive Verbs Quiz 5Be Verb Usage QuizCatenative Verbs QuizCausative Constructions QuizCausative Verbs Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books