Foundation
English
Verb
Question

Identify the option that correctly identifies the form of the verb(s) as used in the sentence:
They spent the entire day cleaning: they cleaned the house, they cleaned the garage, they cleaned the porch, and they even cleaned the car. 

cleaning - transitive verb ; cleaned - intransitive verb
cleaning - intransitive verb ; cleaned - transitive verb
cleaning, cleaned - transitive verb
cleaning, cleaned - intransitive verb
JEE Advance
College PredictorLive

Know your College Admission Chances Based on your Rank/Percentile, Category and Home State.

Get your JEE Main Personalised Report with Top Predicted Colleges in JoSA

Solution
Verified BY
Verified by Zigyan

An action verb with a direct object is transitive while an action verb with no direct object is intransitive. In this sentence, we would be understanding the usage of transitive and intransitive verbs. The two verbs that are given in the option are "cleaning" and "cleaned". "Cleaned" is a verb which is having an object. The object for this verb are "house", "garage", "porch" and "car". On the other hand, "cleaning" is the other verb which is not having any direct object. 

Thus the answer is option B

Lock Image

Please subscribe our Youtube channel to unlock this solution.