Question

Read the following lines from a poem by W.B. Rands. The tree-tops rustle, the tree-tops wave. They hustle, they bustle, and down in a cave, The winds are murmuring, ready to rave. The skies are dimming, the birds fly low. Now, pick out any five sentences/phrases that have an action word from the lines given above. Also write 'T' for transitive and 'I' for intransitive verbs in the boxes provided.

a) Winds are murmuring (T), The skies are dimming (I), The tree-tops rustle (I), The winds hustle (T), The birds fly low (I)
b) The tree-tops rustle (I), The winds hustle (T), They hustle (T), The skies are dimming (I), The birds fly low (I)
c) The tree-tops rustle (I), They hustle (T), The winds are murmuring (T), The birds fly low (I), The skies are dimming (I)
d) The tree-tops rustle (I), They hustle (T), The skies are dimming (I), The winds hustle (T), The birds fly low (I)

Answer 1

The correct answer is option c, which includes phrases with both transitive and intransitive verbs, correctly identifying the nature of the action words within the context provided by the phrases.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is option c. It includes five phrases with action words (verbs), categorized correctly as transitive (T) if the action is transferred to an object, or intransitive (I) if there is no direct object of the verb:

1. The tree-tops rustle (I)
2. They hustle (T)
3. The winds are murmuring (T)
4. The birds fly low (I)
5. The skies are dimming (I)

In 'The winds are murmuring,' the verb 'murmuring' is transitive because the murmuring is directed towards something, although the object is not explicitly mentioned in the sentence. 'They hustle' is transitive because hustle implies moving things hurriedly to another place, even though the things being moved are not specified here. On the other hand, verbs like 'rustle,' 'fly,' and 'dimming' are classified as intransitive here, since they do not transfer action onto a direct object within the context of the sentences provided.