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Topic: Linking verb

	Linking Verbs
		In this sentence, the linking verb "is" links the noun phrase "the play" to the identifying phrase "Waiting for Godot," which is called a subject complement.
		In this sentence, the linking verb "became" links the subject "it" to the subject complement "tedious." The phrase "after the first fifteen minutes" functions as a adverb modifying the clause "it became tedious".
		Many linking verbs (with the significant exception of "be") can also be used as transitive or intransitive verbs.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/link.html (426 words)

	Passive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A transitive verb is a verb that is followed by a direct object or an indirect object and a direct object.
		An intransitive verb is a verb that is not followed by a direct object or an indirect object or a subject complement.
		A linking verb is a verb that is followed by a subject complement (or a required adverbial).
	www.wsu.edu /~mejia/Types_of_verbs.htm (278 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| OPINION > Some very common grammar bloopers—I
		Linking verbs, we will recall, are the 18 or so verbs in English that, unlike transitive and intransitive verbs, convey not action but only the state of being or condition of the subject.
		A current linking verb simply indicates a state of the subject, while a resulting linking verb indicates that what is stated in the predicate of the sentence is the result of the process indicated by that linking verb.
		The 11 current linking verbs in common use are “be,” “appear,” “feel,” “lie,” “look,” “remain,” “seem,” “smell,” “sound,” “stay,” and “taste,” while the seven resulting verbs are “become,” “get,” “grow,” “fall,” “prove,” “run,” and “turn.” Note from this list that “be” is a current linking verb and “become” is a resulting linking verb.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/mar/13/yehey/opinion/20060313opi6.html (434 words)

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		Linking verbs or copular verbs link a subject to a complement.
		Linking verbs MUST be followed by a complement in order to make the sentence complete.
		(current linking verbs) Resulting linking verbs indicate that the role of the verb complement is a result of the process described in the verb.
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	Linking Verbs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to an adjective, noun, or pronoun that completes the meaning of the verb.
		Common linking verbs are the forms of the verb to be; verbs relating to the five senses; and the verbs become, appear, and seem.
		Remember: Linking verbs that connect the subject of a sentence to an adjective, noun, or pronoun that completes the meaning of the verb.
	www.delmar.edu /engl/wrtctr/handouts/lverbs.htm (122 words)

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		Verb of being patterns (1, 2, 3) use a form of the verb to be as the main verb in the sentence.
		Linking verb patterns (4, 5) use one of the linking verbs as the main verb in the sentence.
		The linking verb is followed by a noun or adjective functioning as a subjective complement.
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	GrammarBooks - Writing Units
		When a verb serves as a linking verb (intransitive verb), it may be followed by a predicate noun/pronoun.
		When a verb serves as a linking verb (intransitive verb), it may be followed by a predicate adjective.
		The main purpose of this verb is to serve as a link that joins the subject to a word in the predicate that gives meaning to the sentence.
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	Verb
		VERB – A verb is a word that expresses action or state of being.
		State-of-being, or linking verbs, help to describe the condition or state of being of a person or thing.
		Verb Tense: The tense of a verb refers to the time of the action or state of being.
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	Verbs and Verbals
		Verbs that are intransitive do not require objects: "The building collapsed." In English, you cannot tell the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb by its form; you have to see how the verb is functioning within the sentence.
		Sometimes called copulas, linking verbs are often forms of the verb to be, but are sometimes verbs related to the five senses (look, sound, smell, feel, taste) and sometimes verbs that somehow reflect a state of being (appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, remain).
		These verb tenses don't have to be identical as long as they reflect, logically, shifts in time and meaning: "My brother had graduated before I started college." "My brother will have graduated before I start." Click HERE for a chart describing various time relationships and how those relationships determine the appropriate sequence of verb tenses.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/verbs.htm (3203 words)

	Verbs
		verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
		A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun with words that identify or describe the noun or pronoun.
		Many linking verbs are forms of the verb "to be".
	www.yorku.ca /gcareers/grammar/verbs.htm (285 words)

	English Works! Grammar: Action & Linking Verbs
		A linking verb is a verb that links (connects) the subject of the sentence to information about that subject.
		One way to determine if the verb is functioning as an action verb or a linking verb is to substitute the word “is” for the verb in question.
		” is a linking verb in this sentence.
	depts.gallaudet.edu /englishworks/grammar/actionlinking.htm (402 words)

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		An intransitive verb is neither an auxiliary verb nor a linking verb.
		For all verbs except the verb to be, use the subject + the basic verb + -s with he/she/it.
		For all verbs, except the verb to be, use the subject + a past tense form for statements (e.g., She has finished).
	www.writingenglish.com /verb.htm (1084 words)

	VERB PACKET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The problem is to determine whether the verb phrase is "was broken" or whether the verb is just plain "was" and the word "broken" is a participle used as an adjective to describe the state or condition of the window.
		Since modifiers are present, then the verb tends to be drawn close together into "was broken." In the first example, the state or condition of the window is that it is "broken." The word "broken" comes from the 3rd col. (Past Participle) and is describing the state or condition of the window.
		Therefore, in the first sentence, the verb is "was" and "broken" is a participle--part adjective yet comes from the verb family "to break." In the second example, the verb is "was broken" because of the modifying element "by George."
	www.readbygrade3.com /readbygrade3co/verb2.html (875 words)

	Identifying Linking Verbs
		The subject (SARAH) is linked to a noun that is, in a sense, standing in for her (GENIUS).
		The linking verb is WAS, and the descriptor—in this case a predicate nominative—is JUDGES.
		auxiliary verb to the lexical verb plummeting (intransitive verb)
	grammar.uoregon.edu /verbs/linking.html (1291 words)

	Verb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Verbs are the words that tell us either what the nouns are doing, or how the nouns are.
		When a linking verb is a form of the verb "to be" it is sometimes called a "state of being" verb.
		When you are writing for an audience, a teacher say, you should know that action verbs do a better job of explaining your ideas than do state of being verbs (linking).
	www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com /html/verb.html (355 words)

	einfoweb.com - Verbs - Other Linking Verbs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		However, sometimes a verb that is used as a linking verb in one sentence can be an action verb in another.
		When a verb is followed by an direct object, it is an action verb.
		When it is followed by an predicate adjective or noun, it is a linking verb.
	www.einfoweb.com /grammar/verbs/link.html (101 words)

	The Compound Verb
		For action verbs, the subject is whoever or whatever does the verb.
		For linking verbs, the subject usually is whoever or whatever is to the left of the verb.
		Maya is who is to the left of the linking verb is.
	www.chompchomp.com /terms/compoundverb.htm (200 words)

	Welcome to WritingFix: Three Serendipitous Verbs...an interactive word game for writers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We loaded them with verbs that strongly suggest those 3 verb labels, but in the hands of any writer a transitive verb can be used intransitively, just as a linking verb can be easily used as a helping verb for an action verb.
		When you are done with your verb paragraph, you might turn it into an entire story by using it as the first paragraph, the last paragraph, or the middle paragraph in a bigger story.
		Intransitive verbs, when used in a sentence, could have a noun after them, but there must be a preposition between the verb and that noun in order to be sure the verb is intransitive.
	www.writingfix.com /rightbrain/threeverbs.htm (836 words)

	Lessons 146-150 - Parts of the Sentence - Noun/Pronoun Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The verb in the transitive passive voice always has is, am, are, was, were, be, being, or been as an auxiliary or helping verb.
		Intransitive linking are sentences with a predicate nominative or predicate adjective.
		Find the verbs, subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, appositives, and nouns of address in these sentences and tell whether the verb is transitive active (ta), transitive passive (tp), intransitive linking (il), or intransitive complete (ic).
	www.dailygrammar.com /146to150.shtml (1871 words)

	What Does Popcorn Have to Do With Linking Verbs? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Teacher asks students: "What do the words am, is, are, was, were have in common?" [Forms of the verb "to be."] They are often used as linking verbs.
		Examples of sentences using linking verbs and definition of linking verbs.
		Students write five sentences describing their piece of popcorn.[Teacher tells students all kernels are different and can be identified.] They must use a linking verb in each sentence.
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	The Verb 'To Be'
		The verb “To be” also acts as a linking verb, joining the sentence subject with a subject complement or adjective complement.
		Passive verb constructions are useful when the subject of an action is not as important as what the subject did (the action of the sentence) or when the subject is unknown.
		Sometimes it is difficult to say whether a “To be” verb is linking a subject to a participle or if the verb and participle are part of a passive construction.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/to_be.htm (1948 words)

	1.3b - Transitive, Intransitive & Linking Verbs
		That is, these verbs carry the action of a subject and apply it to an object.
		link the relationship between the agent and the rest of the sentence.
		Therefore, is is not a transitive verb; it links the subject (he) with his state of being (doctor).
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/speech/1_3b.htm (484 words)

	Common Linking Verbs
		Linking verb: A linking verb is a verb that does not show action but connects the subject
		Indicate if the verb is Linking or Action by writing L or A on the appropriate line.
		An auxiliary verb An auxiliary verb is a verb that aids or helps another verb express various shades of meaning.
	users.adelphia.net /~newtonp/English66/verbs.htm (346 words)

	Dummies::Choosing to Use Who and Whom
		A linking verb begins a word equation; it expresses a state of being, linking two ideas.
		If all subjects are accounted for and you don't need a linking verb complement, you've reached a final answer: whom or whomever is the only possibility.
		It's also the verb logically connected by meaning — that is, in the same thought as who/whom.
	www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-1181,subcat-LANGUAGE.html (787 words)

	You Feel bad--You Don't feel Badly, Unless Your hands Are damaged (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		in a verb phrase, it is a linking verb.
		Linking verbs have that name because their function is to link the subject of a clause with something that comes after the verb and either identifies or describes the subject.
		Some words that can be action verbs in some utterances will be linking verbs in others.
	www.grammartips.homestead.com /badly.html (567 words)

	15.2a
		A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun with a word that identifies or describes it.
		Then, draw an arrow connecting the words that are linked by the verb.
		Be is the most commonly used linking verb, but there are some other important linking verbs you should know.
	www.phschool.com /iText/wag/bronze/chapter15/15_2a.htm (315 words)

	Linking Verb
		A linking verb is a verb which links or establishes a relationship between the subject and a term in the predicate which describes or renames the subject.
		The common linking verbs are be, appear, become, feel, seem, smell, taste, and sound.
		One way of testing for a linking verb is to replace the verb with the appropriate form of seem.
	englishplus.com /grammar/00000346.htm (118 words)

	Lesson Tutor : Lesson Plans :Elaine Ernst Schneider : Language Arts : Grammar : Verbs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The verb is the fourth of the eight parts of speech.
		First, let's start with a basic definition: A verb is a word that expresses action, makes a statement, or links relationships.
		For example, in the phrase, "is cooking," even though "is" would be classified as a linking verb used by itself, the last word in the phrase is "cooking." Therefore, the verb phrase is action and "is" was used simply as a helping verb - NOT a linking verb.
	www.lessontutor.com /eesverbs.html (407 words)

	The Linking Verb
		The following verbs are true linking verbs: any form of the verb be [am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc.], become, and seem.
		Sometimes these verbs are linking verbs; sometimes they are action verbs.
		If you can substitute am, is, or are for the verb and the sentence still sounds logical, you have a linking verb on your hands.
	www.chompchomp.com /terms/linkingverb.htm (338 words)

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