Today we’ll explore one section of verbs in English called transitive and intransitive verbs. Teachers can use the given list of examples to teach beginner kids.
What is a Transitive Verb?
A transitive verb is a verb used with an object. It can also be a noun, phrase, or pronoun that refers to the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb.
Examples of Transitive Verbs
Following is a long list of commonly used transitive verbs in English.
| Accept | Acknowledge | Admit | Aggravate |
| Answer | Arrest | Ask | Avoid |
| Bash | Beat | Bend | Bite |
| Bless | Blow | Brother | Break |
| Brush | Build | Bump | Burn |
| Call | Cancel | Capture | Carry |
| Catch | Change | Charge | Chase |
| Chastise | Check | Chill | Clean |
| Close | Clutch | Collect | Comfort |
| Copy | Correct | Cover | Crack |
| Cross | Cut | Dampen | Dash |
| Daze | Dazzle | Deceive | Define |
| Delay | Deny | Derail | Describe |
| Destroy | Dig | Discover | Discuss |
| Dismiss | Distinguish | Disturb | Drag |
| Draw | Dress | Drink | Drive |
| Drop | Drown | Dry | Dunk |
| Eat | Edify | Eject | Embarrass |
| Embrace | Empower | Enable | Enclose |
| Encourage | Enjoy | Enlighten | Enlist |
| Entertain | Escort | Examine | Excite |
| Excuse | Execute | Fascinate | Feed |
| Feel | Fight | File | Fill |
| Find | Finish | Fire | Fix |
| Flick | Flip | Follow | Force |
| Forget | Forgive | Freeze | Frighten |
| Fry | Furnish | Gather | Get |
| Grab | Grasp | Grip | Handle |
| Hang | Have | Head | Help |
| Hide | Highlight | Hit | Hoist |
| Hold | Honour | Hug | Hump |
| Hurry | Hurt | Imitate | Impress |
| Include | Indulge | Inform | Insert |
| Inspect | Inspire | Insure | Interest |
| Interrupt | Interview | Intimidate | Involve |
| Irritate | Join | Jolt | Judge |
| Keep | Key | Kick | Kill |
| Kiss | Knock | Lag | Lay |
| Lead | Lean | Leave | Let |
| Lick | Lift | Light | Lighten |
| Limit | Link | List | Load |
| Lock | Lose | Love | Lower |
| Maintain | Make | Mark | Marry |
| Message | Melt | Mix | Mock |
| Move | Munch | Murder | Name |
| Notice | Number | Nurse | Offend |
| Open | Order | Own | Pack |
| Page | Park | Pass | Pay |
| Pick | Pin | Place | Play |
| Question | Quit | Raid | Rise |
| Read | Refill | Relax | Remind |
| Remove | Replace | Retire | Ride |
| Ring | Run | Satisfy | Save |
| Scan | Seat | See | Select |
| Sell | Send | Snake | Smoke |
| Sound | Start | Stay | Stop |
| Tape | Taste | Teach | Tend |
| Test | Thank | Throw | Tickle |
| Tie | Toss | Try | Turn |
| Understand | Unlock | Upgrade | Use |
| Vilify | Violate | Wake | Want |
| Warm | Warn | Wash | Watch |
| Wear | Widen | Win | Warp |
What is an Intransitive Verb?
An intransitive verb is a verb that does not take a direct object. That means there’s no word in the sentence that tells who or what received the action of the verb.
Examples of Intransitive Verbs
Following is a long list of commonly used intransitive verbs in English.
| Agree | Appear | Arrive | Act |
| Adapt | Alter | Arrange | Attack |
| Become | Belong | Balance | Bat |
| Bat | Beam | Beat | Believe |
| Bet | Bid | Blaze | Bleed |
| Blink | Blow | Boil | Bolt |
| Bomb | Bounce | Box | Break |
| Broil | Browse | Build | Burn |
| Burp | Bust | Buzz | Call |
| Cancel | Carry | Crave | Cast |
| Catch | Cease | Change | Charge |
| Check | Choke | Chuck | Churn |
| Clack | Clap | Clash | Clip |
| Clean | Clear | Clinch | Clog |
| Clump | Collect | Color | Conceive |
| Conclude | Conduct | Confer | Confine |
| Congest | Conjure | Contract | Convert |
| Consist | Collapse | Cost | Cough |
| Cool | Cough | Crack | Crackle |
| Cram | Crash | Crinkle | Cross |
| Cry | Crawl | Crunch | Cure |
| Darken | Dam | Dabble | Dance |
| Date | Dash | Dart | Deal |
| Deliver | Develop | Decline | Deflate |
| Depend | Die | Disappear | Dig |
| Dip | Direct | Discard | Disperse |
| Dissolve | Divert | Divide | Do |
| Dock | Doctor | Double | Down |
| Drag | Drain | Emerge | Erupt |
| Escape | Expand | Explode | Exist |
| Fade | Fail | Fast | Float |
| Fly | Gallop | Go | Grow |
| Happen | Have | Hiccup | Inquire |
| Jump | Kneel | Knock | Last |
| Laugh | Lead | Lean | Leap |
| Learn | Left | Lie | Limp |
| Listen | Live | Look | March |
| Mourn | Move | Occur | Ooze |
| Open | Pack | Paddle | Paint |
| Pass | Pay | Peel | Pick |
| Pinch | Pitch | Place | Play |
| Plow | Point | Pop | Pour |
| Press | Pull | Push | Quit |
| Race | Reach | Recover | Relax |
| Rest | Return | Ride | Rip |
| Roar | Run | Rush | Scrape |
| Stick | Stir | Stop | See |
| Sell | Separate | Set | Shake |
| Shoot | Shut | Sink | Sit |
| Skip | Slam | Slide | Slip |
| Smash | Smell | Snap | Sneeze |
| Soak | Spark | Spill | Spin |
| Split | Spoil | Spot | Spread |
| Spring | Spy | Stamp | Stand |
| Start | Stretch | Strike | Swim |
| Swing | Take | Talk | Tease |
| Tell | Throw | Tip | Track |
| Trail | Train | Trap | Travel |
| Trip | Turn | Twist | Unwind |
| Vanish | Vomit | Wade | Wait |
| Wake | Walk | Wander | Wave |
| Watch | Wear | Whirl | Wiggle |
| Wind | Work | Yell | Zip |
Generally, intransitive verbs sound complete even without a direct object. Now let’s see some of the examples where intransitive words are applicable.
Sentence Examples using Intransitive Verbs
Following are sentence examples where intransitive verbs are italicized for identification.
- The house is red.
- Adam sits on first bench.
- He grew up in jungle.
- Robert went to the campus cafe.
- He grew up to become a scientist.
- It was great.
- It rained .
- He arrived at the station.
- The Dogs lie under the tree.
- Ram always eats banana in the morning.
Two Types of Intransitive Verbs
The two types of intransitive verbs are linking verbs and action verbs. Linking Verbs creates a link between the subject and the predicate and does not express any sort of action. For example, is, was, am were, will be, has been etc.
We can observe some examples to understand the use of linking verbs in a better way.
- The dog was faithful.
- The house is yellow.
- Shriya will be 20 in June.
Keep exploring EnglishBix to learn about different types of verbs in English and how they change their form.