Understanding Linking Verbs

This video tutorial from Grammar Media introduces linking verbs, explaining their role in connecting the subject of a sentence to a noun, pronoun, or adjective. Linking verbs do not express action but identify or describe the subject. Common linking verbs include forms of 'to be' and others like 'appear', 'become', and 'seem'. The tutorial categorizes linking verbs into state of being verbs, verbs that can function as linking verbs, and verb phrases. Examples are provided to illustrate their use. The video concludes with a call to visit Grammar Media's website for more information and to subscribe to their YouTube channel.

What is the primary role of linking verbs in a sentence?

• To connect the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective

• To express action

• To modify the verb

• To help the main verb

Which of the following is NOT a linking verb?

• Are

• Is

• Run

• Was

In the sentence 'Jenny is pretty', what is the linking verb?

• Jenny

• None of the above

• Is

• Pretty

In the sentence 'David is a policeman', what role does 'is' play?

• Action verb

• Linking verb

• Adjective

• Helping verb

Which of the following is a correct example of a linking verb?

• They jump high

• He is tall

• We dance well

• She runs fast

Which category of linking verbs does 'am' belong to?

• None of the above

• Verb phrases

• Verbs that can function as linking verbs

• State of being verbs

Which of the following is NOT a state of being verb?

• Were

• Run

• Am

• Is

Which of the following verbs can function as a linking verb?

• Dance

• Run

• Appear

• Jump

What is the function of the verb 'seem' in a sentence?

• To express action

• To connect the subject to a noun, pronoun, or adjective

• To help the main verb

• To modify the verb

Which of the following verbs can describe the subject?

• Feel

• Run

• Jump

• Dance