I. Tell which of the following verbs are transitive and which are intransitive.

1. Anne loves her mother.
2. The golden gate opened.
3. The moon silvers the distant hills.
4. Mary found her ring.
5. James writes poetry.
6. The snow melts.
7. The icy chains break.
8. The innocent lamb died.
9. The children played.
10. The children played a game.
11. Doris was elected president of the class.
12. Dan is the first baseman.

II. Write an appropriate subject and object for each of the following verbs using the following model:
For the verb to ring, write:
The sexton (subject) rings the church bell (object).

1. to learn
2. to find
3. to hide
4. to fear
5. to remember
6. to inflict
7. to receive
8. to lift
9. to hear
10. to renew
11. to review
12. to write

III. Point out the transitive and the intransitive verbs in the following examples. Also find the subject of each verb and the object of the verb if it has one.

1. Oh, spare me, that I may recover strength before I go hence and be no more.
2. Awake,  arise,  or be forever fallen.
3. Hannibal passed through Gaul, crossed the Alps, came down into Italy, and defeated several Roman generals; but he could not conquer the country, nor take the city of Rome.
4. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.
5. Hands of angels hidden from mortal eyes, shifted the scenery of the heavens; the glories of night dissolved into the glories of the dawn. The blue sky turned more softly gray; the great watch-stars shut up their holy eyes, the east began to kindle, and soon the whole celestial concave was filled with the inflowing tides of the morning light.
   Everett
6. The shadow of departed hours
   Hangs dim upon thine early flowers;
   Even in thy sunshine seems to brood
   Something too deep for solitude.
   Hemnans