In which of the following sentences is the underlined verb used intransitively?
(A) The guests left soon after dinner because of the heavy rain.
(B) Raju’s aunt sells fresh flowers outside the Hanuman temple.
(C) The tomato plants on our terrace grew quickly in the warm weather.
(D) The old ceiling fan stopped during the power cut last night.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) The guests left soon after dinner because of the heavy rain. — Correct.
- An intransitive verb has no object: the action does not pass to anyone or anything.
- “Left” has no object here. “Soon after dinner” only tells when.
(B) Raju’s aunt sells fresh flowers outside the Hanuman temple. — Incorrect.
- “Sells” has an object, “fresh flowers”.
- A verb with an object is used transitively, not intransitively.
(C) The tomato plants on our terrace grew quickly in the warm weather. — Correct.
- “Grew” has no object here. “Quickly” only tells how the plants grew.
(D) The old ceiling fan stopped during the power cut last night. — Correct.
- “Stopped” has no object here. The fan itself stopped. It did not stop anything else.