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Pages 124-125 LINKING VERBS A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to a word or words in the predicate. All verbs are either action verbs or linking verbs. Linking verbs show being or tell what something is like. A linking verb is never followed by a direct object. Instead, it is followed by a word or words that rename or describe the subject. A predicate noun renames the simple subject, and a predicate adjective describes the simple subject. LINKING VERB SONG TO THE TUNE OF LONDON BRIDGES Am, are, is, was, were (and) be Forms of be Forms of be Taste, smell, sound, seem, look, feel, say Become, grow, appear, remain EXAMPLE OF LINKING VERB FOLLOWED BY A PREDICATE NOUN SS Predicate Noun My mother is a doctor. Linking Verb (SP) EXAMPLE OF LINKING VERB FOLLOWED BY A PREDICATE ADJECTIVE SS Predicate Adjective She seems happy with her job. Linking Verb(SP) EXAMPLE OF LINKING VERB FOLLOWED BY A PREDICATE ADJECTIVE SS I am very proud of her. Linking Verb (SP) Predicate Adjective 1. Most women in the United States became homemakers during the 1800’s. 2. Their work was very important. 3. Many frontier women were also hunters. 4. Those days seem distant to us today. 5. Later, factory and office jobs became possible for women. 6. Merchants were eager to sell their goods. 7. A guild was a group of workers in the same craft. 8. A modern trade union seems similar to a guild. 9. Workers felt stronger as part of a guild. 10. An apprentice was a beginner in a trade. 11. Apprentices appeared young and foolish to their masters. 12. An apprentice became a journeyman, or traveling worker, after many years of practice. 13. Masters were craftspeople with their own shops. 14. Guilds grew very important in local government. 15. The merchant guilds were powerful throughout Europe.
