Question

Choose the option that best corrects the transitive and intransitive verbs at the underlined point:
The little girl laughed.
A. No change
B. Laughed the joke
C. Laughed in the joke
D. Laughed on the joke

Answer 1

Hint:A verb can be described as transitive or intransitive based on whether it requires an object to express a complete thought or not. Some verbs may be used both ways.
In grammar, an intransitive verb does not allow a direct object. This is distinct from a transitive verb, which takes one or more objects. The verb property is called transitivity. Intransitive verbs are often identified as those that can’t be followed by who or what.

Complete answer:
Option A) No change - An intransitive verb is a verb that does not take a direct object. Here, the sentence is complete without any object thus requires no change. Hence, option A is the correct answer.

Option B) Laughed the joke – This phrase is not grammatically correct as all parts of speech are not correctly placed. This is not a correct construction and not the required answer. Hence it is an incorrect option.

Option C) Laughed in the joke - This phrase is not grammatically correct as all parts of speech are not correctly placed. This is not a correct construction and not the required answer. Hence it is an incorrect option.

Option D) Laughed on the joke - This phrase is not grammatically correct as all parts of speech are not correctly placed. This is not a correct construction and not the required answer. Hence it is an incorrect option.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘A’.

Note: It is necessary to understand what transitive and intransitive verbs are. The major difference between transitive verbs and intransitive verbs is that a sentence with a transitive verb can be changed into a passive voice and a sentence with an intransitive verb cannot be changed into a passive voice. Hence Option A is correct.