Depending on how they are used most of these additional examples can sometimes also be action verbs which as the name indicates describe action.

Example of linking verb being used. It is being used to describe how Tim appears to us. His face remained completely inscrutable. Feel I feel terrible today.

Grow turn remain prove act stay get. Other examples of linking verbs include appear feel look seem sound and smell. The tomato smells rotten.

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a word that gives information about the subject such as a condition or relationship. These verbs can be used as linking verbs but sometimes theyre normal verbs. - Here the linking verb am connects the subject I to the state of being glad.

They are called linking verbs because they link the subject of the sentence to a word or phrase in the predicate that renames or describes the subject tells us more about the subjects state of beingExamples of Linking Verbs. Linking verbs link a subject to the predicate of the sentence. All forms of the verb be are alwa.

Linking Verbs are verbs that express a state of being. Examples of linking verbs in sentences. In English when we want to describe someone or something for example to say who or what they are or what qualities they have we use one of a small but very frequently used group of verbs known as Linking Verbs.

I am glad it is Friday. My dog becomes anxious during thunderstorms. Looks is a linking verb appealing to our sense of sight not an action verb describing how Tim is using his own.