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Linking verbs
To find out what a linking verb’s
function is in a sentence
To find out what verbs can be used
as linking verbs
Look at the following sentences.
1. We soon became best friends. (Unit 1,
Book 1)
2. This sounded like my school in China.
(Unit 1, Book 1)
3. …the mist would become a thick fog
in the afternoon. (Unit 1, Book 3)
4. The footsteps seemed close now. (Unit
1, Book 3)
5. You really shouldn’t feel anxious.
(Unit 1, Book 3)
Sentences from this unit
1.Both of these medicines have saved millions
of people’s lives and have proved beneficial
to mankind since they were invented.
2. Within a short time, aspirin became the
best-selling medicine in the world for pain
relief.
3. The new medicine was effective.
4. He noted that a dish in which he was trying
to grow bacteria for an experiment looked
abnormal — it had blue mould in it.
Fill in the blanks.
1. We soon _______
became best friends.
2. This _______
sounded like my school in China.
Ready?
Go!
3. …the mist would _______
become a thick fog
in the afternoon.
4. The footsteps ______
seemed close now.
5. You really shouldn’t ____
feel anxious.
Sentences from this unit
1.Both of these medicines have saved millions
of people’s lives and have ______
proved beneficial
to mankind since they were invented.
2. Within a short time, aspirin became
______ the
best-selling medicine in the world for pain
relief.
3. The new medicine _____
was effective.
4. He noted that a dish in which he was trying
to grow bacteria for an experiment ______
looked
abnormal — it had blue mould in it.
What is a linking verb?
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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.
• Surfing 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. 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. 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. The traffic lights ______ green and I
pulled away.
A. came
B. grew
C. got
D. went
4. — I was wondering if we could go
skiing on the weekend.
— _______ good.
A. Sound
B. Sounded
C. Sounding
D. Sounds
5. (2011四川)
Some people eat with their eyes. They
prefer to order what _____ nice.
A. looks
B. smells
C. feels
D. tastes
以上我们已经通过归纳总结和练
习对本课的语法内容有了一定的
了解，下面就让我们根据
之前练习的考察情
况进一步选择讲解
该语法项的重难点。
Conclusion about linking verbs
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:
1. Wood ________
looks hard.
2. The exercise _________
seems easy, but
in fact it's very hard.
3. Don't you think the music of the
song _________
sounds beautiful?
4. The boy will _____
go mad if you
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.
8. It’s true to find that parents become
_______
old when children grow up.
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.
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For those with family members far
away, the personal computer and the
phone are important in staying
________. (2014福建)
A. connected
B. connecting
C. to connect
D. to be connected
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 II. Choose the right word to fill in the
blanks.
turn prove remain taste grow
sound go fall taste stay seem
1. The cakes, which came to the market
tasting good, are well
last week, ________
received.
stay
2. I wish all my friends could ________
healthy and young forever.
3. He ______
fell ill soon after he came back
from Australia.
4. Haven’t seen you for ages. You’ve
________
grown much taller.
5. If you always eat fast food, vegetables
may not _________
delicious to you.
taste
6. Little of the original architecture
_________
remains after the fire.
proved true.
7. His theory later ________
8. The boy will _______
go mad if his mother
doesn’t allow him to play computer
games.
9. He devoted all his spare time to writing
and later _______
turned writer.
10. Now it _______
seems very common for
families to spend a lot of time apart.
Quiz III: 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. 他那年夏天高中毕业，然后在2010年
12月，一满18岁就参军了。
He graduated from high school that
summer, and joined the army in
December 2010, as soon as he
turned 18.
IV. Finish A on page 25.
Preview Task about reporting on shortsightedness:
Skills building 1: listening for a present
situation
Skills building 2: interviewing someone
Skills building 3: writing a radio script
Finish part B on page 25
and part C1, C2 on page
109.