What are linking verbs?
Linking verbs (also referred to as copulas or copular verbs) don't show action like ordinary verbs. They rather link or connect the subject to a subject complement, the part of the sentence that follows the verb. This complement which contains additional information describes and identifies the subject.
Examples:
- Larry looks happy. (looks is a linking verb; happy is a complement that describes and identifies Larry, the subject)
- The play was good. (was is a linking verb; good is a complement that describes and identifies the play, the subject
List of linking verbs
This is a list of common linking verbs:
- appear
- be
- become
- feel
- get
- grow
- look
- prove
- remain
- seem
- smell
- stay
- sound
- taste
- turn
Linking verb?
Some of the verbs listed above can function as linking verbs and as ordinary verbs. One trick that you can use to identify whether a verb is a linking verb or an ordinary verb is to see the relation between the subject and complement. If the relation is indicative of an equal sign (=), then it is a linking verb. Consider the following examples:
- He looks angry. (He = angry | linking verb)
- He looked at the man. (
He = at the man| action verb)
Examples:
look:
taste
- Nadia looked happy. (linking verb)
- Nadia looked at the window. (ordinary verb)
appear
- The food tastes delicious. (linking verb)
- They tasted the food. (ordinary verb)
- She appeared quiet. (linking verb)
- She appeared in the room. (ordinary verb)
Grammar Exercise - Linking Verbs
Choose the correct answer
- She looks fine. Linking Verb
- She looked into the street. Ordinary Verb
- He is the best soccer player in the world. Linking Verb
- She was great in her new performance. Linking Verb
- He seems confused. Linking Verb
- They tasted the pizza. Ordinary Verb
- The pizza tasted good. Linking Verb
- That sounds fantastic. Linking Verb
- I stayed at the hotel. Ordinary Verb
- He grew tired of running. Linking Verb
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