Words That Are True Linking Verbs
Some words are always linking verbs. These are considered "true." They do not describe the action, but always connect the subject to additional information. The most common true linking verbs are forms of "to be," "to become" and "to seem."
Forms of "to be"
Am
Is
Is being
Are
Are being
Was
Was being
Were
Has
Has been
Have been
Will have been
Had been
Are being
Might have been
Forms of "to become"
Become
Becomes
Became
Has become
Have become
Had become
Will become
Will have become
Forms of "to seem"
Seemed
Seeming
Seems
Has seemed
Have seemed
Had seemed
Will seem
Any time you see these words in a sentence, you know they are performing a linking or connective function in showing a relationship or describing a state.
For example:
"I am glad it is Friday." Here the linking verb "am" connects the subject (I) to the state of being glad.
"Laura is excited about her new bike." Here "is" links the subject Laura to the emotional state of excitement.
"My birds are hungry." The word "are" identifies that the birds currently exist in a physical state of hunger.
Determining Other Linking Verbs
In addition to true linking verbs, there are verbs that can exist either as action verbs or linking verbs. Verbs related to the five senses often function in this way.
Common verbs that can exist as either action verbs or linking verbs include:
Grow
Look
Prove
Remain
Smell
Sound
Taste
Turn
Stay
Get
Appear
Feel
Testing for Linking Verbs
Since some linking verbs can function as either action verbs or copular verbs, how do you make the distinction? A quick and easy test is to replace the verb you suspect in the sentence with an appropriate form of a true linking verb.
If the sentence still makes sense, it is a linking verb. If it isn't logical with the substitution, it's an action verb.
Take these examples:
"The flowers looked wilted."
"She looked for wildflowers"
Substitute the copular verb "are" for the word "looked" in both sentences. In the first sentence, it makes sense: "The flowers are wilted." In the second sentence, however, it doesn't make sense: "She are for wildflowers."
"The spaghetti sauce tasted delicious."
"She tasted the delicious spaghetti sauce."
The first sentence, "The spaghetti sauce is delicious", works, but "She is the delicious spaghetti sauce" is illogical. The verb in the first sentence is copular, and in the second sentence it is not.
هي مدونة تحمل طابع يتناسب مع كل الزوار انشاها صديق الياس حسن (ونطمح بتواصلكم معنا حتي نجعل عالم الانترنت افضل و اسهل من خلال تقدمنا لكل جديد يهمكم).،
تحويل كودإخفاء محول الأكواد الإبتساماتإخفاء