| 1. | My brother sold his knife. | |
| 2. | The boys play ball in the yard. | |
| 3. | He ran across the street. | |
| 4. | This little girl cut her hand. | |
| 5. | That tree is very tall. | |
| 6. | The window was broken by a stone. | |
| 7. | Many birds build their nests in trees. | |
| 8. | He told them of the river whose mighty current gave | |
| Its freshness for a hundred leagues to Ocean’s briny wave.—McGee. | ||
| 9. | We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, | |
| But we left him alone in his glory.—Charles Wolfe. | ||
| 10. | I see the wealthy miller yet, | |
| His double chin, his portly size, | ||
| And who that knew him could forget, | ||
| The busy wrinkles round his eyes?—Tennyson. |
EXERCISE II.
Note.—The same verb may be used either transitively or intransitively; as, I see the house. I see through this paper.
Some verbs have only an intransitive use because they do not express action; as, be, seem, appear, remain, become, etc.
1. Write sentences using the following words as transitive verbs:—
| make, | paper, | water, | sharpen, | ran, | ||
| find, | paint, | reprove, | set, | study. |
2. Write sentences using the following words as intransitive verbs:—
| ran, | sit, | was, | walks, | read, | ||
| remain, | fall, | writes, | dreams, | move. |