how can you tell whether a verb is transitive and intransitive?

Answer 1

ask the verb the question whom or what.if you get an answer the verb is transitive.otherwise intransitive.
i ran fast
i ran whom
I ran what no answer so intransitive
i ran a private taxi
i ran what answer a private taxi.here the verb ran is transitive
he hit sue.
he hit whom? answer sue.so the verb is transitive
i gave him a pencil.
i gave what,a pencil
i gave whom him
therefore the verb gave is transitive
if it answers the question what it is said to take a direct object
if it answers whom,indirect object
i am giving only thumb rules
by no means this is an exhaustive treatise

Answer 2

A transitive verb expects a direct object, i.e. there must be a direct recipient of the action of the verb in order to complete the verbal notion of the verb.

An intransitive verb does not expect a direct object, i.e. there is no direct recipient of the action of the verb. The verb is an action that does not transfer the action from the subject to a direct object.

Motion verbs are generally intransitive.

Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive, but the meaning will change based on whether the verb is being used transitively or intransitively.

For example...
Transitive - She had cut the papers a while ago.
Intransitive - She walked along the beach.

Answer 3

a transitive verb has a direct object; it directs the action towards something. (ex. the dog ate the chicken last night. Transitive verb=ate, direct object/ receiver of action=chicken.) the intransitive veb on the other hand does not need a direct object to be understood. (ex. My brother entered through the window. No direct object.)

if you're asked to make sentences, I suggest putting a preposition after the verb to make it is intransitive. while adding another noun directly after the verb makes it transitive :D

Answer 4

Transitive verbs are verd that can stand alone. While the intransitive verbs are verbs which requires objects. For example: I RAN fast! the verb is "ran" which is an intransitive verb because there is an object that is "fast".

Answer 5

Transitive verbs take an object, while intransitive verbs don't.

I ran. (no object, intransititive.)

I hit Sue. (Sue is the object, transitive.)

Answer 6

simple. transitive verbs have direct objects, which is called the accusative. intransitvive don't, and they describe action from the sunbject

Answer 7

no idea