Identify whether the verb used in the given sentence is transitive or intransitive: Look, the sun is setting now. [Intermediate]
A
Transitive
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B
Intransitive
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C
Both A and B
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D
None of these
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Solution
The correct option is B Intransitive
An action verb that is used with a direct object after it is called a transitive verb while an action verb that is not used with a direct object after it is called an intransitive verb. Transitive verbs always ask “for what?” or “for whom?”.
In intransitive verbs, the subject is doing the action of the verb and there is nothing that is at the receiving end of the action performed.
Examples:
Transitive verbs: Call Seema
Cut the cake
Intransitive verbs: She sneezed
He arrived
In the given sentence, the word underlined is 'setting'. The verb 'setting' has no direct object mentioned and so it can be classified as 'intransitive'. So, the correct answer is option B) intransitive.