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State of Being Verbs
A Project LA Activity
What is a state of being verb?
State
of being verbs are often
called linking verbs because
they link the subject of the
sentence with information
about it.
PREDICATE
SUBJECT
What is a state of being verb?
 There
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are 8 state of being verbs:
is, am was
were, are
be being been.
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The teacher is tall
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The candy tastes sweet.
The teacher is tall.
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In the first sentence, is links the teacher
to information about her-the fact that she
is tall. That is her state of being.
This candy tastes so sweet.
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In the second sentence, tastes links
candy to information about it—its
sweetness. Did you think taste was an
action verb? Well, it is—when the
subject is doing the tasting. But here, the
candy isn't doing any tasting. The candy
itself tastes sweet. That is its state of
being.
Can you tell which are being verbs?
were
shine
could
run
skip
has
will be
jump
sing
drive
Ready to
move on?
is
draw
OOPS! That is an action verb.
Try again
Yes! That is a state of being verb.
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another!
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