EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs

EXERCISE 47–12Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs

Indicate whether the underlined verb in each sentence is linking (followed by a subject complement), transitive (followed by a direct object), or intransitive (followed by an adverb, an adverb phrase, or nothing at all).

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 1 of 10: A person with a phobia has an irrational fear of something.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 2 of 10: Forgetting to kiss us good-bye, Alexis ran to the train’s platform.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 3 of 10: Professor Flanagan is never late.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 4 of 10: Even in August, the water on the Maine coast does not feel warm.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 5 of 10: Amazon.com began as an online bookstore in 1995.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 6 of 10: Researchers observed a peculiar side effect of the new medication.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 7 of 10: According to the five stages of grief, anger usually follows denial.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 8 of 10: The patient waited on a bed in the hallway for a vacant hospital room.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 9 of 10: Because of my forty-mile commute, my car became my second home.

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EXERCISE 47–12 Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs - 10 of 10: After twenty-five years of heavy smoking, my mother suddenly quit.