Learn Intransitive Verb in English!!! Here is a list of common intransitive verbs in English with some intransitive verb examples.
Intransitive Verbs in English
This is a useful intransitive verb list for ESL Learners.
- Act
- Adapt
- Crawl
- Dance
- Erupt
- Escape
- Expand
- Explode
- Fade
- Fall
- Fast
- Float
- Fly
- Gallop
- Grow
- Jump
- Kneel
- Lead
- Lean
- Leap
- Learn
- Left
- Limp
- Listen
- March
- Mourn
- Move
- Panic
- Party
- Pause
- Peep
- Pose
- Pounce
- Pout
- Pray
- Preen
- Read
- Recline
- Relax
- Relent
- Rise
- Roll
- Run
- Rush
- Sail
- Scream
- Shake
- Shout
- Sigh
- Sit
- Skip
- Slide
- Smell
- Snarl
- Soak
- Spin
- Spit
- Sprint
- Squeak
- Stagger
- Stand (can also be transitive)
- Swim
- Swing
- Twist
- Wade
- Walk
- Wander
- Wave
- Whirl
- Wiggle
- Work
- Yell
- Agree
- Play
- Eat
- Appear
- Arrive
- Belong
- Collapse
- Collide
- Die
- Demonstrate (can also be transitive)
- Disappear
- Emerge
- Exist
- Go
- Happen
- Laugh
- Nest
- Occur
- Remain
- Respond
- Roost
- Fell (can also be transitive)
- Sleep
- Vanish
- Lie
- Sing
- Caught
- Tell
Intransitive Verb Examples
- She grew up to be a farmer.
- Malik slept all day.
- Samantha arrived ten minutes late.
- When the magician reached into his hat, a rabbit appeared.
- Kevin fell and scraped his knee.
- The crowd demonstrated outside the theatre.
- The jackdaws roost in these trees.
- To escape the midday sun, the cats lie in the shade under our cars.
- James went to the campus cafe for a steaming bowl of squid eyeball stew.
- In the evenings, Glenda sits on the front porch to admire her immaculate lawn.
- I don’t want such a thing to occur again.
- I like people who make me laugh in spite of myself.
- He would disappear for weeks on end.
- What time will we arrive in Tokyo?
- There’s a time to work and a time to play.
- She asked where he’d been, but he didn’t respond.
- You have to remain in till the weather improves.
- He was fool enough to agree.
- It’s easy to swim if another holds up your head.
List of Intransitive Verbs | Infographic
Useful List of Intransitive Verbs
