What is the verb in this sentence?

Paula exercised in the weight room at the local gymnasium three times a week this past summer.]]> What is the subject of this sentence?

Paula exercised in the weight room at the local gymnasium three times a week this past summer.]]> Is the verb of this sentence a transitive, intransitive, or linking verb?

Paula exercised in the weight room at the local gymnasium three times a week this past summer.]]> What is the direct object of this sentence?

Paula exercised in the weight room at the local gymnasium three times a week this past summer.]]> Say the sentence.

Paula exercised in the weight room at the local gymnasium three times a week this past summer.]]>