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danceandneopets asked:


i need 2 know for a test what and how 2 find linking verbs!

Tags: Linking Verbs

2 Responses to “What are linking verbs and how can I find them in a sentence?”

1. Forget-n-forgive forget it!! Says:
   January 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   The most popular linking verbs are from to be such as is, am, are, was, and were. Other linking verbs link the subject to a description not an action. The flowers smelled wonderful. Flowers cannot smell physically smell wonderful because wonderful is an adjective, but a person can smell a flower. Another example would be the food tastes excellent. Food cannot physically taste excellent, but a person can taste the food.

2. Erica Says:
   January 19th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   linking verbs are just verbs that connect a subject with a noun or adjective:

   Noun + LV + Predicate Noun (PN)/ Predicate Adjective(PA)

   How to find them? If you can replace the verb with an equals sign and the sentence still makes sense, it’s most likely linking…not action:

   I am happy. I = happy.

   Noun + LV + PA

   The crowd became angry. Crowd=angry
   Noun + LV + PA

   Bananas taste gross. Bananas=gross
   Noun + LV + PA

   I tasted the bananas
   Noun + Action Verb + Direct object

   I does not equal bananas

   plus you could probably find a list of all the linking verbs on google.

   have fun

   LV=linking verb

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