1. LINKING VERBS By: Jessenia Rivera

2. What is a link? . Anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie.

3. What is a Linking Verb?  A linking verb links its subject to a word in the predicate.

4. Two Types of Linking Verbs To be Verbs that Express Condition

5. is were being are been am was be Forms to Be

6. Examples  Michael is a football fan.  The dogs are barking angrily at the cat.  All the kittens were playful.

7. Verbs that Express Condition  Appear  Become  Feel  Grow  Look  Remain  Seem  Smell  Sound  Taste

8. Example:  Everybody remained silent for a few minutes.  She sounded very surprised when she heard the news.  The play seems absurd to me.

9. How can you tell when they are action verbs and when they are linking verbs?  If you can substitute am, is, or are and the sentence still sounds logical, you have a linking verb on your hands.  Example: My dog Oreo felt the wet grass beneath her paws My dog Oreo feels depressed after seven straight days of rain. The soup tasted good. I tasted the food.

10.  The squid eyeball stew tasted good.  Sylvia tasted the spicy squid eyeball stew.  The eggs smell rotten.  I smell the delightful aroma from the kitchen. Linking Verb Some verbs can serve as either action or linking verbs. Action Verb Linking Verb Action Verb

11. .  to be  to become  to seem Always Linking Verbs

12. Example:  He became suspicious when he saw the safe was open.  The test questions seemed simple as a result of my studying.  Lightning can be dangerous.

13. Subject Verb Agreement.  Make the verb agree with the subject stated before the linking verb, not with the noun complement that follows the verb.  Singular subject - Singular verb  Plural subject - Plural verb  Her passion is rare books.  Rare books are her passion.  The cat is brown.  The cats are brown.

14. Let’s practice  Linking Verbs: Underline the Linking Verb in each sentence.  The big computer is very fast.  The orange block is at the bottom of the stack.  The teacher seemed confused by the question.  The brown suitcase looks heavy.  My dog’s fur smells bad all the time.  There are too many fish in this fish tank.  There is an old tree in the back yard.  These jeans are too small for me now.  This software is not compatible with my computer.  I was late for work today.

15. Lets practice For each given sentence, you must fill in the blank with a linking verb (is, was, were, are, am).  Answer: were  1. We ______________ going to the game tonight.  5. You _________ talking too much in the class.  10. They __________ going to the dance, but it got canceled.  11. The bases ____________ full.  12. The outfielder ________________ a great player.  13. The three players ___________________ friends.  14. The crowd _________________ very loudly.  15. The students ___________________ happy