Name the verbs in the following sentences that express an action or
feeling that goes out from the agent or doer to something else, and the
verbs that express an action or feeling that does not go out to
anything, but remains with the doer:—
1. James broke his pencil.
2. This boy found a knife.
3. Our girls like literature.
4. The sun shines brightly.
5. The birds fly into the trees.
6. The pupils feel cold.
A verb that expresses an action or feeling that goes out from the agent
or doer to something else, is called a =transitive verb=; as, He _wrote_
a letter. We _love_ our friends.
A verb that expresses being, a state, or an action or feeling that does
not go out to anything, but remains with the doer, is called an
=intransitive verb=; as, He _is_ here. She _sleeps_ now. The wind
_blows_ from the north. This man _feels_ sick.