Transcript linking- verbs

Linking verbs
Both of these medicines have saved
millions of people’s lives and have proved
beneficial to mankind since they were
invented.
Within a short time, aspirin became the
best-selling medicine in the world for pain
relief.
The new medicine was effective.
We call the red words
—— linking verbs.
What are linking verbs?
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A linking verb is a word used to connect
the subject of a sentence to further
information about its state. The most
common linking verb is “be
(am/is/are/was/were/been)”.
Can you point out the linking verbs?
• I am a Senior 2 student.
• Surging the Internet is really interesting.
are now in need of English teachers.
• We are
sounds reasonable.
• Your suggestion sounds
• It seems that everyone here knows him
quite well.
• Milk goes bad easily in summer if you do
not put it in the fridge.
1. Read point 1 on Page 24, and pay
attention to the words or phrases after
the linking verbs.
2. Read point 2 and find out that words relating
to the five senses can be used as linking verbs.
3. Read point 3 and note that verbs indicating a
change of state can be used as linking verbs.
4. Find out what linking verbs are followed by
in point 4.
1.“存在”类:表示存在或具有某种特征
或状态。这类系动词强调“存在”。
常见的有: be (是)，seem (似乎是)，
appear (似乎、显得)，prove (证明是)
等。例如:
The story proves true.
They appear in favor of the new drug.
Please keep quite in the library.
2. “持续”类: 表示某种情况或状态的持
续。这类系动词强调 “持续”。常见的
有: remain (依然)，keep (保持)，stay (保
持)，continue (继续、仍旧)，stand (处于
某状况或情形)等。例如:
—Why don't you put the meat in the
fridge?
—It will stay fresh for several days.
It's already ten in the morning. The store
remains closed. What's the matter?
3. “变化”类: 表示由一种情况或状态
变化成另一种情况或状态。这类系动
词强调“变化”后的情况或状态。常
见的有: become (变成)， turn (变成)，
grow (变得)， go (变得)等。例如:
Put the fish in the fridge, or it will go
bad in hot weather.
4. 五种感官类动词: look (看起来)，feel
(摸上去)，smell (闻起来)，taste (尝起
来)，sound (听起来)等。例如:
Your idea sounds good.
Those oranges taste delicious.
The milk smells sour.
She looks much younger than she is.
注意事项
1. 有些系动词通常不用于被动语态和
进行时态中。如:feel，taste等词。例
如:
—Do you like the material?
—Yes, it feels very soft.
2. 一般情况下，系动词主要跟形容词
或分词作表语。例如:
Be careful when you cross this very
busy street. If not, you may get run
over by a car.
3. 能跟名词作表语的系动词常见的
有:be, become, appear, seem, prove,
remain和turn等。注意:turn后跟(表
示主语身份的)名词作表语时，不加
冠词。例如:
Twenty years later, he turned teacher.
The population growth in China
remains a problem.
4. 系动词也可跟不定式(to do / to be)，
常见的有: appear, seem, remain, prove,
look等。例如:
Having a trip abroad is certainly good
for the old couple, but it remains to be
seen whether they will enjoy it.
On the long journey, Peter proved to be
a most interesting guide. We all had a
wonderful time.
Fill in the blanks with proper linking
verbs:
looks hard.
1. Wood ________
seems easy, but
2. The exercise _________
in fact it's very hard.
3. Don't you think the music of the
sounds beautiful?
song _________
go mad if you
4. The boy will _____
don’t allow him to surf the Internet.
Fill in the blanks with proper linking
verbs:
turn/get
5. Most leaves begin to __________
yellow in autumn.
tastes good; the children
6. The fish _______
like it very much.
turned red when
7. The girl's face _________
she heard his words.
become
8. It’s true to find that parents _______
old when children grow up.
1. (2007江苏)
My parents have always made me
______ about myself, even when I
was twelve.
A. feeling well
B. feeling good
C. feel well
D. feel good
2. (2007湖北)
Emergency line operators must
always ______ calm and make sure
that they get all the information
they need to send help.
A. grow
B. appear
C. become
D. stay
3. (2006广东)
The traffic lights __________ green
and I pulled away.
A. came
B. grew
C. got
D. went
4. (2006湖北)
— I was wondering if we could go
skiing on the weekend.
— _______ good.
A. Sound
B. Sounded
C. Sounding
D. Sounds
5. (2006山东)
Someone who lacks staying power
and perseverance is unlikely to ___
a good researcher.
A. make
B. turn
C. get
D. grow
6. (2010江苏)
— Is everyone here?
— Not yet……Look , there______ the
rest of our guests!
A. come
B. comes
C. is coming D. are coming
7. (2011四川)
Some people eat with their eyes. They
prefer to order what _____ nice.
A. looks
B. smells
C. feels
D. tastes
Linking verbs include:
1. be — am, is, are, was, were, been
2. five senses — sound, taste, feel, look,
smell
3. seem, appear, prove, keep, stay, remain
etc.
4. turn, go, fall, grow, get, become etc.
Quiz I: Multiple choice.
1. What he said sounds_______.
A. nicely
B. pleasantly
C. friendly
D. wonderfully
2. We don’t care if a hunting dog smells
_____, but we really don’t want him to
smell _____.
A. well, well
B. bad, bad
C. well, badly D. badly, bad
3. He turned ____ ten years ago but
later he became _____.
A. a teacher; a doctor
B. teacher; doctor
C. teacher; a doctor
D. a teacher; doctor
4. The dog _____ lost yesterday.
A. got
B. became
C. turned
D. fall
5. The old man must have ____ mad.
A. gone
B. turned
C. fallen
D. driven
6. I felt ____ that I should leave.
A. strong
B. strongly
C. to be strong D. very strong
7. —Do you like the material?
—Yes, it _____ very soft.
A. is feeling
B. felt
C. feels
D. is felt
8. I am afraid the weather will _____
hot for a few days.
A. last
B. be lasted
C. stay
D. be stayed
9. Although he has taken a lot of
medicine, his health _____ poor.
A. proves
B. remains
C. maintains
D. continues
10. I love to go to the seaside in summer.
It _____ good to lie in the sun or swim
in the cool sea.
A. does
B. feels
C. gets
D. makes
Quiz I: Translation. (using linking verbs)
1. 她闻了闻肉，看看是否还新鲜。
She smelled the meat to make sure it
still smelled good.
2. 学生们上自习时要求保持安静。
The students are supposed to keep
quiet during the self-study period.
3. 我们的国家正变得越来越强大了。
Our country is becoming stronger
and stronger.
4. 当夏天到来时，天气变得越来越热。
When summer comes, it is getting
hotter and hotter.
5. 他今年夏天高中毕业，然后在2010年
12月，一满18岁就参军了。
He graduated from high school this
summer, and joined the Army in
December 2010, as soon as he
turned 18.
1. Arrange the points about “linkingverbs”
2. Complete the exercises in “世纪金
榜”.