IDENTIFYING TYPES OF VERBS In the space provided indicate the type of verb that is italicized from the choices in parenthesis. Example 1. The girls remained motionless as the skunk passed them. (action verb or linking verb) Answer: action verb The audience waited quietly for the show to start. (transitive verb or intransitive verb)
first is action, second is trans.
A transitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity like kick, want, paint, write, eat, clean, etc. Second, it must have a direct object, something or someone who receives the action of the verb A verb that does not need a direct object to complete its meaning. Run, sleep, travel, wonder, and die are all intransitive verbs so second is Transitive verb
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