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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A person with a phobia has an irrational fear of something.
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2 of 10
Forgetting to kiss us good-bye, Alexis ran to the train’s platform.
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3 of 10
Professor Flanagan is never late.
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4 of 10
Even in August, the water on the Maine coast does not feel warm.
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5 of 10
Amazon.com began as an online bookstore in 1995.
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6 of 10
Researchers observed a peculiar side effect of the new medication.
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7 of 10
According to the five stages of grief, anger usually follows denial.
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8 of 10
The patient waited on a bed in the hallway for a vacant hospital room.
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9 of 10
Because of my forty-mile commute, my car became my second home.
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10 of 10
After twenty-five years of heavy smoking, my mother suddenly quit.
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