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Transitive Verb Grammar Exercises: Level B1-B2 (with Answers)

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: B1, B2 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +16 (on pass)

Can you use Transitive Verb correctly in everyday English? These 15 practice questions for Level B1-B2 go beyond memorisation — they put grammar concepts into realistic sentences and situations. Detailed explanations help you understand not just the what, but the why.

⏱ You have 07:30 to answer 15 questions. The timer only starts when you click Begin.

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Question 1: Sarah ___ a letter to her old friend last weekend.

Question 1 options
'Wrote' is correct because 'write' is a transitive verb that requires a direct object (a letter) to complete its meaning. 'Wrote' is the correct simple past form here. 'Write' is the base form, 'writing' is a participle, and 'written' requires an auxiliary verb.
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Question 2: The chef ___ a delicious meal for the guests at the restaurant.

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'Prepared' is correct because 'prepare' is a transitive verb that takes a direct object (a delicious meal). The simple past tense 'prepared' matches the context of a completed action. 'Was preparing' would need no direct object context shift, 'prepare' is base form, and 'has prepared' would imply a present-perfect context.
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Question 3: A transitive verb must be followed by at least one object in a sentence.

Question 3 options
True because a transitive verb, by definition, requires a direct object to complete its meaning. Without an object, the sentence is grammatically incomplete.
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Question 4: In which sentence is the underlined verb used as a transitive verb?

Question 4 options
'She carried the heavy bag up the stairs' is correct because 'carried' has a direct object (the heavy bag), making it transitive. In the other options, the verbs either have no object or describe states without an acted-upon object.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • yesterday
  • My sister
  • a new laptop
  • bought

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The correct order is 'My sister bought a new laptop yesterday' because 'bought' is a transitive verb taking 'a new laptop' as its direct object, following the subject-verb-object pattern.
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Question 6: Which sentence uses a transitive verb correctly?

Question 6 options
'The manager approved the new project plan' is correct because 'approved' is a transitive verb with a clear direct object (the new project plan). The other sentences use transitive verbs without the required direct object, making them grammatically incomplete.
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Question 7: Customer: 'Did you receive the package I sent?' Delivery worker: 'Yes, we ___ it this morning and placed it in storage.'

Question 7 options
'Collected' is correct because the context requires a transitive verb in the simple past with a direct object (it). 'Collected' fits the delivery scenario and takes the pronoun 'it' as its direct object. 'Arrive' and 'appear' are intransitive and cannot take objects, and 'went' does not take a direct object.
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Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses a transitive verb rather than an intransitive verb?

Question 8 options
'She read the article carefully before replying' is correct because 'read' takes a direct object (the article), making it transitive. The other options use verbs like 'arrived', 'slept', and 'disappeared' which are intransitive and do not take direct objects.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • the students
  • a difficult homework assignment
  • gave
  • The teacher

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The correct order is 'The teacher gave the students a difficult homework assignment' because 'gave' is a ditransitive verb taking an indirect object (the students) and a direct object (a difficult homework assignment).
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Question 10: Which option best completes this sentence? 'By the time we arrived, the crew had already ___.'

Question 10 options
'Unloaded all the boxes' is correct because 'unloaded' is a transitive verb that requires a direct object (all the boxes) to complete its meaning. The other options either use intransitive verbs or verbs that do not take a direct object in this context.
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Question 11: Which statement about transitive verbs is true?

Question 11 options
Transitive verbs can be used in both active and passive voice because they have a direct object that can become the subject in a passive construction. The other statements are false: some transitive verbs can also be used intransitively (ambitransitive), action verbs are not exclusively transitive, and not all transitive verbs require two objects.
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Question 12: Rewrite in the passive voice: 'The company launched a new product last month.' → A new product ___ by the company last month.

Question 12 options
'Was launched' is correct because converting an active transitive verb to passive voice requires 'was/were + past participle'. 'Launched' alone lacks the auxiliary, 'has been launched' changes the tense, and 'is launched' is present tense.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct grammar label.

Question 13 options
He kicked the ball into the net.
She handed her colleague the report.
The children laughed loudly in the park.
He eats alone, but today he eats a sandwich.
Ditransitive verb (indirect + direct object)
Intransitive verb (no object)
Monotransitive verb (one direct object)
Ambitransitive verb (used with and without object)

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Monotransitive verbs take only a direct object; ditransitive verbs take both indirect and direct objects; ambitransitive verbs can be used with or without an object; intransitive verbs take no object at all.
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Question 14: Some verbs in English can function as both transitive and intransitive verbs depending on the sentence.

Question 14 options
True because ambitransitive verbs, such as 'eat' or 'read', can be used with a direct object (transitive) or without one (intransitive) depending on context. For example, 'She eats' is intransitive, while 'She eats an apple' is transitive.
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Question 15: Which sentence best demonstrates a transitive verb used to show that one person causes something to happen to a specific object?

Question 15 options
'The engineer designed a new bridge for the city' is the best answer because 'designed' is a transitive verb showing that the engineer directly acted upon a specific object (a new bridge). The other sentences either use intransitive verbs or do not show a clear agent acting on a direct object.