Directions: Examine the colored parts and decide if all listed intransitive verbs have the same construction.

1. The former President had "died a natural death".
2. He died in 1978.
3. I last appeared as an expert witness in the summer,
4. The number of smokers has dropped by roughly 20%. There are, however,
5. Clinton has a desperate need to be loved.
6. Its shares dropped like a stone.
7. The auditorium no longer resembled a drive-in movie.
8 . Barrie became guardian to the five boys.
9 . Kim vanished from sight and my heart sank.
10. Things went a bit quiet after that until the crow
11. That old agreement just melted.
12. The sloping streets of Lewes shone and sizzled with rain.

1. die: ____________________________________________________________________
2. appear: ________________________________________________________________
3. has:____________________________________________________________________
4. drop:___________________________________________________________________
5. resemble: _______________________________________________________________
6. became: ________________________________________________________________
7. sink: ___________________________________________________________________
8. go: ____________________________________________________________________
9. melt: ___________________________________________________________________
10. shine: __________________________________________________________________

I. Intransitive verbs with one dependent

a. Intransitive verbs of movement and change of state verbs:____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b. Ergative verbs:______________________________________________________________________

II. Intransitive verbs with two dependents: ___________________________________________