List of 100+ Intransitive Verbs | Useful Intransitive Verb Examples

Intransitive Verb! Learn useful intransitive verb list in English with example sentences and ESL pictures.

Intransitive Verb Examples

An intransitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity like arrive, go, lie, sneeze, sit, die, etc. Second, unlike a transitive verb, it will not have a direct object receiving the action.

Here are some intransitive verb examples:

• It is raining.
• When he finished the race, he barfed.
• Water evaporates when it’s hot.
• He’s been singing all day.
• You’ve grown since I last saw you.
• They run.
• He died.
• She slept.
• It snows.

Intransitive Verb List

Learn list of 100+ intransitive verbs in English.

• Agree
• Appear
• Arrive
• Become
• Belong
• Collapse
• Consist
• Cost
• Cough
• Cry
• Depend
• Die
• Disappear
• Emerge
• Exist
• Explode
• Fade
• Fall
• Fast
• Float
• Fly
• Gallop
• Go
• Grow
• Happen
• Have
• Hiccup / hic-cough
• Inquire
• Jump
• Kneel
• Knock (sound)
• Last (endure)
• Laugh
• Lead
• Lean
• Leap
• Learn
• Left
• Lie (recline or tell an untruth)
• Limp
• Listen
• Live
• Look
• March
• Mourn
• Move
• Occur
• Panic
• Party
• Pause
• Peep
• Pose
• Pounce
• Pout
• Pray
• Preen
• Read
• Recline
• Relax
• Relent
• Remain
• Respond
• Result
• Revolt
• Rise
• Roll
• Run
• Rush
• Sail
• Scream
• Shake
• Shout
• Sigh
• Sit
• Skip
• Sleep
• Slide
• Smell
• Smile
• Snarl
• Sneeze
• Soak
• Spin
• Spit
• Sprint
• Squeak
• Stagger
• Stand
• Stay
• Swim
• Swing
• Twist
• Vanish
• Vomit
• Wade
• Wait
• Wake
• Walk
• Wander
• Wave
• Whirl
• Wiggle
• Work
• Yell

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Useful list of intransitive verbs in English.