He imagined it was a race car driver.
Meaning: This sentence expresses the boy's imaginative capabilities as he attributes the role of a race car driver to the toy car.
Choice of Words: To imagine means to form a mental image or idea of something. Race car driver is a person who drives a race car. When you put them together, "He imagined it was a race car driver" describes the boy's imaginative play, where he envisions the toy car as a race car being driven by a skilled driver.
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