Transcript linking verbs - Mrs. Anthony

Linking Verbs
Using and Identifying
Linking Verbs
Practice Test
• How are linking
verbs different
from action
verbs?
• What are
examples of
linking verbs?
Linking Verb Definition
• Linking verbs are verbs that
connect or LINK the subject of
a sentence to other
information in the sentence.
• Linking verbs do
action.
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Some Examples of Linking Verbs
Forms of Be
• A
m
• A
re
• Is
• Was
• Were
• B
e
• B
eing
• B
een
• B
ecome
• B
ecame
Could be Action or Linking
• Sound
• Seem
• Look
• Feel
• Taste
• Grow
• A
ppear
• Remain
• Smell
Another Way to Remember
• To the tune of London Bridges:
A
m, are, is, was, were, and be
Forms ofBe
Forms ofBe
Taste, smell, sound, seem, look, feel,
Grow, appear, remain
Exceptions
• Depending on how some are used,
some words may be an action verb
or linking verb.
• Try the substitution test: take out
the verb, add is, are, or was. Does it
make sense?
• If it does, it is a linking verb.
• Example:
– A
my loked
– A
my loked
through the telescope.
pale.
Practice Time
• Page 359
– Exercise 3
– 1-10
Extra Practice
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