Linking verbs and Cleft sentences

What is the linking verb?
The three farmers feel happy.

• three
• farmers
• feel
• happy

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.
She seemed nervous.  

• she
• seemed
• nervous

Identify the type of verb: 
Mary is riding the bus

• linking
• action

What is a linking verb?

• a verb that joins two additional verbs

• not really a verb, it describes a verb

• a verb that connects a subject with a noun or adjective

• a verb that negates another verb

What is an action verb?

• a verb that tells what the subject is doing

• a verb that is happening now, present tense

• a verb that shows motion

• a verb that is done by the object of a sentence

The word "think" is an action verb.

• true

• false

In the sentence, "The book looks interesting," is the word "looks" a linking verb or an action verb?

• linking verb

• action verb

I love my mother most.

• It is my mother which I love most.

• It was my mother that I love most.

• It is my mother that I love most.

• It was my mother whom I love most.

1. ________ I bought the golden fish.

• A. It was from this shop that

• B. I was from this shop when

• C. It was this shop which

• D. It was this shop that

1. ________ I bought the golden fish.

• A. It was from this shop that

• B. I was from this shop when

• C. It was this shop which

• D. It was this shop that