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LINKING VERBS
• These types of verbs do not show action but connects a subject with a word that
describes or identifies it.
• They connect nouns or pronouns to words that describe, label, or identify them.
Without linking verbs, there
would be lots of “baby talk”
going on.
I hungry!
She scary!
Carrots yucky!
LINKING VERBS
• Most linking verbs are a form of the verb be.
• Examples: is, are, was, were, am, will be, can be, have been, has been
Kevin was a Navy SEAL.
Kevin identifies SEAL
The winners were Tara and I.
winners identifies Tara and I
We felt extremely tired after
our long flight.
tired describes we
FORMS OF BE
Am
Are
Is
Was
Were
Am being
Are being
Is being
Was being
Were being
Can be
Could be
May be
Might be
Must be
Shall be
Should be
Will be
Would be
Has been
Have been
Had been
Could have been
May have been
Might have been
Must have been
Shall have been
Should have been
Will have been
Would have been
OTHER LINKING VERBS
• Several other verbs also function as linking verbs. They connect
the parts of a sentence in the same way as the forms of be.
Shocked describes teacher.
The teacher looked shocked.
Other Linking Verbs
Appear
Look
Sound
Become
Remain
Stay
Feel
Seem
Taste
Grow
Smell
Turn
ACTION OR LINKING VERB?
• Some verbs can be used either as linking verbs or action verbs.
The glass looked dirty.
LINKING
Looked links glass and dirty.
The host looked at the glass.
ACTION
The host performed the action.
The crowd grew impatient.
LINKING
Grew links crowd and impatient.
The farmer grew strawberries.
ACTION
The farmer performed the action
PRACTICE – IDENTIFY THE ACTION AND LINKING VERBS
1. The couple attended the opening night of the play.
2. Matt Perez will be the captain of the team.
Attended, action
Will be, linking
3. I love Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night.
Love, action
4. Your idea seems like a good one.
Seems, linking
5. Those two women have been friends for years.
Have been, linking
6. Robbie chopped wood for the campfire.
Chopped, action
7. May I ask you a question?
Ask, action
8. This chili tastes bland.
Tastes, linking
9. The bell rang at the end of class.
Rang, action
Became, linking
10. The sky became cloudy very quickly.
PRACTICE USING BE AND OTHER LINKING VERBS
• Complete Practice 2.2B on page 25 of the Grammar Handbook
• Directions: Read the pairs of words and for each pair, write a
sentence that uses a linking verb to connect them.
• Example: trip
adventure
A trip to Hawaii could be an adventure.
HELPING VERBS
• Helping verbs are added before another verb to make a verb phrase. A
verb phrase is the type of verb that is made up of several verbs.
Examples:
open
might have opened
should have opened
had opened
will have opened
will be opened
*Notice how these helping verbs change the
meaning of the verb open.
Some forms of Be used as helping verbs:
HELPING VERBS
AM
HAS BEEN
WAS BEING
WILL BE
WILL HAVE BEEN
IS
WAS BEING
SHOULD BE
HAD BEEN
MIGHT HAVE BEEN
MAIN VERBS
GROWING
WARNED
TOLD
REMINDED
WAITING
OPENING
TRAINED
WRITTEN
SENT
PLAYED
OTHER HELPING VERBS – MANY VERB PHRASES CAN BE
FORMED USING ONE OR MORE OF THESE HELPING VERBS.
HELPING VERBS
MAIN VERBS
VERB PHRASES
Do
Remember
Do remember
Has
Written
Has written
Would
Hope
Would hope
Shall
See
Shall see
Can
Believe
Can believe
Could
Finish
Could finish
May
Attempt
May attempt
Must have
Thought
Must have thought
Should have
Grown
Should have grown
Might
Win
Might win
Will
Jump
Will jump
Have
Planned
Have planned
Does
Want
Does want
PRACTICE – IS IT A MAIN VERB OR A HELPING VERB?
1. The city has built a new basketball court in the park.
Main verb
2. I will be going right home after school.
Helping verb
3. Has your brother returned yet?
Main verb
4. The puppy has been barking for an hour.
Helping verb
5. I could have done better if I had tried harder.
Main verb
6. May I be excused now?
Helping verb
7. The group had been in the gym for a long time.
Main verb
8. Am I bothering you?
9. We had expected a better performance from the
group.
10.The witnesses were being questioned by the police.
Helping verb
Helping verb
Main verb
TIPS
• When looking for the verb in a sentence, ask yourself:
1. Is a physical action being done?
2. Is a mental action being done?
3. Is someone or something being described? If so, look for a
linking verb.
4. Is there a helping verb next to the main verb?
5. Is there a helping verb somewhere else in the sentence?
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