Please identify all the verbs in the following sentences and also indicate whether the verb form is
transitive, intransitive or linking.
a. Katelyn kicked the soccer ball with professional vengeance.
b. Katelyn is a great soccer player.
c. Katelyn tripped over the keeper.
d. The hurricane hit the coastal community with terrible force.
e. Were you out there in the storm?
f. The professor really enjoyed challenging the students to do better.
Answers:a.
Verb: kicked. Verb form: transitive. See “Verb Forms and Functions,” page 40: “The verb is
transitive because the action moves (crosses) directly from the verb to the object of its action.”
b. Verb: is. Verb form: linking. See “Verb Forms and Functions,” page 40: A linking verb
“indicates a state of being or a condition.”
c. Verb: tripped. Verb form: intransitive. See “Verb Forms and Functions,” page 40: “The verb is
called intransitive because the action does not go directly to an object or recipient.”
d. Verb: hit. Verb form: transitive. See “Verb Forms and Functions,” page 40: “The verb is
transitive because the action moves (crosses) directly from the verb to the object of its action.”
e. Verb: were. Verb form: linking. See “Verb Forms and Functions,” page 40: A linking verb
“indicates a state of being or a condition.”
f. Verb: enjoyed. Verb form: transitive. See “Verb Forms and Functions,” page 40: “The verb is
transitive because the action moves (crosses) directly from the verb to the object of its action.”
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