Action verbs describe something that can be done by a subject, in contrast to describing a state of being, as with the linking verb. He (was? is?) many pamphlets: a be-verb doesn’t make sense, so published is not a linking verb rather, it is an action verb.
I grow weary of your lies / I am weary of your lies Unlike action verbs (also called dynamic verbs), they connect the subject to the predicate of the clause without expressing any action. The simple trick is to replace the verb with a be-verb, and if the sentence still makes sense, it’s a linking verb. Linking verbs, also called copulas or copula verbs, connect the subject of a sentence with an adjective, noun, or descriptive phrase. How can you tell if a verb is a linking verb? Other linking verbs include intransitive verbs that also comment on a subject’s state of being: Other examples of linking verbs are smell, taste, feel, grow and look. Hungry, tired, happy: these are all states of being that describe their subjects. a verb such as be, seem, and appear that connects the subject of a clause with a complement. In essence, they link the subject to a subject complement. The verb is links the subject, Ronnie, to its subject complement, tall.īe-verbs are the most common linking verbs they include, be, am, is, are, was, were, being, and been.Īgain, notice how the be-verbs in the following examples connect the subjects to additional information about their states of being: Linking verbs are verbs that don’t express action rather, they connect the subject of a sentence to information about the subject.
The subject complement gives more information about the subject by expressing a state of being. A linking verb connects a subject to a word or phrase in the predicate called a subject complement.
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