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Paragraph 2 - Think about it. When you’re driving in a car, you may be going 60 MPH or faster. That car is zipping down the road. Then somebody ahead of you locks up his or her brakes. Your driver doesn’t have time to stop. The car that you are in crashes. Your car was going 60 miles per hour. Now it has suddenly stopped. Your body, however, is still going 60 MPH. What’s going to stop your body? Will it be the windshield or your seat belt? Every time that you get into a car you make that choice. I choose the seat belt.Identify the verbs from the underlined sentences and classify them into Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.

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Paragraph 2 - Think about it. When you’re driving in a car, you may be going 60 MPH or faster. That car is zipping down the road. Then somebody ahead of you locks up his or her brakes. Your driver doesn’t have time to stop. The car that you are in crashes. Your car was going 60 miles per hour. Now it has suddenly stopped. Your body, however, is still going 60 MPH. What’s going to stop your body? Will it be the windshield or your seat belt? Every time that you get into a car you make that choice. I choose the seat belt.Identify the verbs from the underlined sentences and classify them into Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.

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The underlined sentences are: "Your body, however, is still going 60 MPH. What’s going to stop your body? Will it be the windshield or your seat belt? Every time that you get into a car you make that choice. I choose the seat belt."

The verbs in these sentences are: is, going, stop, be, get, make, choose.

  1. "is" - Intransitive verb: It does not require a direct object to complete its meaning.
  2. "going" - Intransitive verb: It does not require a direct object to complete its meaning.
  3. "stop" - Transitive verb: It requires a direct object to complete its meaning. In this case, the direct object is "your body".
  4. "be" - Linking verb: It connects the subject with more information about the subject. It does not act upon an object.
  5. "get" - Transitive verb: It requires a direct object to complete its meaning. In this case, the direct object is "into a car".
  6. "make" - Transitive verb: It requires a direct object to complete its meaning. In this case, the direct object is "that choice".
  7. "choose" - Transitive verb: It requires a direct object to complete its meaning. In this case, the direct object is "the seat belt".

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