Identifying Linking Verbs and Pronouns

Is the verb action or linking?

My new game is awesome.

• action

• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Is the verb action or linking?

The dog chased the squirrel up the tree.

• action

• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Is the verb action or linking?
My father made a bookshelf for me.

• action
• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

The girl was frightened.

• action
• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the linking verb:

The refrigerator was new.

• the

• refrigerator

• was

• new

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the Linking Verb in the following sentence?

She appears happy in her new home.

• appears

• happy

• new

• home

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the Linking Verb in the following Sentence?

The house is brown and white.

• brown

• white

• house

• is

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the Linking Verb in the following sentence?

Lou and Gina look different somehow.

• different

• look

• somehow

• Lou

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Find the linking verb in the sentence.

The students were tired after gym class today.

• tired

• were

• after

• students

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Linking Verbs are used to link the subject to the predicate noun and adjective later in the sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B