Linking Verbs The great equal sign of sentences!
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Linking Verbs
The great equal sign of sentences!
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The Verb• A verb
expresses action
OR
a state of being
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Action Verbs• Expresses either a physical
or mental activity
• Tells what the subject is doing
• Can be found by asking
“Can I ______?”
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Linking Verbs• A verb that expresses a “state
of being”
To be:
I am We are
You are You are
He/she is They are
was were
be, being, been
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What Are Linking Verbs?
• Linking verbs act as an equals (=) sign in the sentence.
• The subject is not doing anything.
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Function of a Linking Verb
• Linking verbs link a word in the subject to a word in the predicate
that renames it or describes it.
(a noun) (an adjective)
• In other words, they are equal!
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Examples of Linking Verbs
• Linking verbs include the forms of the verb to be– is, am , was, were, are, be, being, been
• These also express “being”taste sound growsmell seem staylook appear remain
feel become turn
Review A and Exercise 4 on pages 48- 49! Please complete!
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Linking Verbs in Action
Mrs. C is a language arts’ teacher.
Here is the linking verb.
Mrs. Cochren is the subject.
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Linking Verbs in Action
Mrs. C is a language arts’ teacher.
Think of the linking verb as an equals (=) sign
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Linking Verbs in Action
Mrs.C is a language arts’ teacher .
Mrs. C equals what?
Teacher is a noun in the predicate that renames the subject, so we call it a predicate nominative
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Important Note!
• A linking verb will always have a word in the predicate that it links to the subject.
• Always!
• Yes, always!
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Linking Verbs in Action
The trees turn beautiful in the fall.
Linking Verb
SubjectPredicate Adjective
The trees are beautiful.
Turn is used as a state of being!
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Linking Verbs in Action
The play seems exciting.
Linking Verb
SubjectPredicate Adjective
The play is exciting.
Seems is a state of being!
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Linking Verbs in Action
She became the president of the club .
Linking Verb
SubjectPredicate
Noun
She was the president!
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You Try It!
• Find the linking verbs in the
upcoming sentences
• Use your mouse pointer to click on the word of your choice.
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You Try It!
Ice cream is my favorite dessert.
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YES!
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Oh NO!
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You Try It!
This water tastes funny.
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YES!
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Oh NO!
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You Try It!
The report cards were terrible.
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YES!
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Oh NO!
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You Try It!
That couple seems pleasant.
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YES!
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Oh NO!
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You Try It!
We were delirious with joy!
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YES!
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Oh NO!
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Need Another Clue
• There is a way to find out if the word you are looking at is a linking verb or not.
• Are you ready to find out what it is?
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Substitution
• If you can substitute is, am, or are for the word you think is a linking verb, and the sentence still makes sense…you are probably right!
• Let’s experiment!
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Is, Am, Are
• Here is a sentence
The pie smells delicious
If we think smells is a linking verb, let’s substitute one of our words and see if it still makes sense!
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Is, Am, Are
• Here is a sentence
The pie is delicious
The sentence still makes sense, so smells is a linking verb!
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Is, Am, Are
• Now let’s try one that doesn’t work
The meatloaf appears overcooked.
We have appears as a verb. Is makes sense!
Let’s substitute again.
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Let’s Review!
• Linking verbs act as equal (=) signs between a noun in the subject and a noun or adjective .
• Linking verbs link a word in the subject to a word in the predicate.
• Linking verbs do NOT show action.
• Linking verbs tell us that something is or is like something else.
• We can substitute is, am, or are to see if a verb is linking.