1. Is it linking or action? Tricky Linking Verbs

2. Linking The adventurer tasted several types of bugs. 1 Action

3. Linking After eating the bugs, the adventurer turned green. 2 Action

4. Linking He looked like he was about to get sick any minute. 3 Action

5. Linking The flowers are growing very tall this year. 4 Action

6. Linking Tony turned the pages too quickly for me to read. 5 Action

7. Linking The cat cautiously smelled the dish in front of it. 6 Action

8. Linking I am growing tired of this activity. 7 Action

9. Linking Stan appeared out of no where and scared me! 8 Action

10. Linking Tim sounded out the words as he read. 9 Action

11. Linking When the lights went out, I felt my way through the living room so I didn’t trip. 10 Action

12. Linking The train sounds like it’s approaching fast. 11 Action

13. Linking You appear to be tired. 12 Action

14. Linking After the Phillies won the game, I felt happy! 13 Action

15. Linking When Paul went to the museum, he looked at all of the paintings. 14 Action

16. Linking After not taking out the trash, the house smelled kind of funny. 15 Action

17. Linking This meat tastes funny. 16 Action

18. Linking “Sound the alarm!” The commander instructed. 17 Action

19. Linking Arianna said that the teacher seemed nice. 18 Action

20. Linking The temperature feels so nice outside! 19 Action