Sometimes he misses the ball.
You need a context to determine whether "ran" is transitive or intransitive. It is intransitive in the sentence, "She ran all the way home." It is transitive in the sentence, "He ran the business after his father died."
transitive
"Tell" can be both transitive and intransitive, depending on the context. When used with an object, such as "He told a story," it is transitive. When used without an object, like "He told me," it is intransitive.
transitive yo
Transitive verbs require a direct object to make sense in a sentence, while intransitive verbs do not have a direct object. For example, "She is reading a book" is transitive (reading requires an object - book), while "She sleeps peacefully" is intransitive (sleeping does not require an object).
its intransitive because there is no object in the sentence
transitive
transitive
The verb "cringed" can be both transitive and intransitive, depending on its usage in a sentence. For example, "He cringed at the sight of the spider" is transitive because it has a direct object ("the sight of the spider"), while "He cringed in embarrassment" is intransitive because it does not have a direct object.
In this sentence stand is intransitive.
Actually, yes, a verb can be transitive and intransitive depending on the sentence. The verb eat, for example, is transitive in this sentence: "I ate an apple," but is intransitive in this one: "Lindsay already ate."Other verbs can be both as well, such as "play," "clean," and "read."Verbs are transitive when they precede a direct object, and they are intransitive when they do not.
Ate is intransitive in that sentence. There is no direct object."You ate pizza in the cafeteria" is an example of ate as a transitive verb (pizza is the direct object).