Question

The soldiers pushed _____. Which sentence ending would make the verb pushed intransitive? the carts to the rear long and hard their shields forward an obstacle aside

Answer 1

Answer: long and hard

Step-by-step explanation:

The words long and hard do not refer to someone or something. Therefore, the verb pushed does not have an object and is intransitive.

Answer 2

The soldiers pushed long and hard. This ending to the sentence makes the word pushed and intransitive verb. Intransitive verbs are action verbs that express doable activities like the word push. Second thing is that a transitive verb does not have direct object receiving the said action.