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TEFL Grammar Workshop Linking Verbs What You’ll Learn: • How to identify Linking Verbs. • How Linking Verbs are used in a sentence. Why It’s Important: • To further your understanding of Grammar and Sentence Structure. Action Verbs: An Action Verb is a word that describes what someone or something does. An Action Verb names an action, although not always a physical action. Some Action Verbs describe mental action. Physical Action Verbs: run, walk, kick, touch, etc… Mental Action Verbs: calculate, think, memorize, imagine, etc Linking Verbs: A Linking Verb links, or joins, the subject of a sentence (often a noun or pronoun) with a word or expression that identifies or describes the subject. A Linking Verb does not show action. Be in all its forms (am, is, are, was, were, been, being) is the most common Linking Verb. Other Linking Verbs include: look, sound, feel, grow, remain, stay, seem, appear, become, turn, smell and taste. Example: I am a soldier. She felt sad. The opera sounded wonderful. Bananas were plentiful. Predicate Nouns and Adjectives: A Predicate Noun is a noun that follows a Linking Verb and tells what the subject is. Example: An avocado is a fruit. Lions and tigers are animals. A Predicate Adjective is an adjective that follows a Linking Verb and tells what the subject is like. Example: This avocado is ripe. Lions and tigers are large.
