Intransitive Clauses

The "intransitive" pattern consists of a subject and a verb. We represent it like this: (SV).

Note the following points:

• The subject always comes first.
• The verb always follows the subject.

Study the following examples of the intransitive pattern:

Instructions for the Quiz

Identify the underlined word or phrase. Is it the subject or the verb?

In this example, the answer is B.

• "The crowd" is the subject of the sentence.
• "protested" is the verb; it' the thing that the crowd was doing.