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A. Circle the main verb with a red crayon. Circle the helping verb with a blue crayon.
1. I can ride a bike.
2. It might rain today.
3. Priya is writing a letter.
4. Mother has baked a cake.
5. Karan will call you tomorrow.
6. My friend might drop in for lunch.
7. I would like to borrow your pencil.
8. The children are playing in the park.
9. Father and Mother are watching a film.
10. The dolphins are swimming in the sea.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Read these sentences.
y Mayank threw the ball.
y Radhika loves the puppies.
These sentences have an object. An object is a person or thing that receives the action of
the verbs.
Verbs that have objects are called transitive verbs.
Now, read these sentences.
y She laughed aloud.
y The trees are moving in the breeze.
These sentences do not have an object.
Verbs that do not have objects are called intransitive verbs.
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