Understanding Linking Verbs in English Grammar
Learn about linking verbs in English grammar. Discover how linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence with a word in the predicate. Differentiate between action verbs and linking verbs with examples. Explore common linking verbs and their role in sentence structure. Enhance your understanding of verbs through practical exercises and explanations.
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Students will: Identify linking verbs and the word in the predicate that describes the subject.
Some verbs show action. Jennifer runs. Some verbs are helping verbs. Jennifer is running now.
A linking verb linksthe subject of a sentence with a word or words in the predicate. A linking verb does not show action. A linking verb is not a helping verb.
Some verbs can be either linking verbs or action verbs. The crowd looked at the divers. Looked = action verb. Direct Object = divers. The divers looked tired. Looked = linking verb. Direct Object = none
A linking verb is followed by a word in the predicate that names or describes the subject. Anna looks cheerful. Cheerful describes Anna. Linking verbs never have a direct object.
Am Look Is Feel Are Taste Smell Were Seem Will be Appear Was
Ray is a swimmer and a diver. He was a winner last week. Ray s parents are coaches. They feel proud of Ray.
LV Gertrude looked strong and fit. In 1926 she seemed ready for a test of her agility. LV She was the first woman to swim the English channel. LV
Gertrude swam the distance in fewer than fifteen hours. Action She set a world record. Action Ederle will be a champion to swimmers LV
Joan visited Australia Action She saw grown kangaroos. Action One kangaroo was five feet tall. Linking He smelled terrible. Linking A park ranger told Joan about kangaroos. Action Kangaroos are mammals. Linking Females carry their young in pouches. Action
The babies appear in the pouch. Linking The mother is a good protector. Linking She is a strong animal. Linking Her tail looks powerful. Linking Smaller kangaroos appear timid. Linking The best known kangaroos are the gray kangaroos. Linking
Most people feel afraid of sharks. The sharks streamlined body looks torpedo-like. Its many teeth always seem sharp. Some species really are a threat to people. The white shark stretches to about twenty feet. It attacks boats and frightens swimmers. Not all sharks are a menace, however. The whale shark is quite harmless. Its diet is small fish and plankton.
