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Review: Linking Verbs, Answer 6.2

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Question:
The cat fastidiously smelled the dish of food placed before it.
Answer:
The answer not a linking verb is correct.
Explanation:
The verb smelled is used as a transitive verb and takes the noun phrase the dish of food as a direct object.