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Review: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, Answer 10.2
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- Question:
- When I was three years old, my father left a can of paint open in my bedroom, and early one morning, I painted my baby brother’s face green.
- Answer:
- The answer intransitive verb is not correct.
- Explanation:
- The verb painted is used transitively and takes the noun phrase my baby brother’s face as a direct object.
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