William is excited about his promotion.

Example of linking verb complement. Friends in this video you can also learn about Complement. Does a subject complement completes the meaning of a linking verb. Am is are was were being been.

Linking Verbs also known as Copulas are a special group of verbs that link a subject and a complement. Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence with a subject complement. Nothing is happening to smart no action is being performed upon it.

We know that the complements of action verbs can be neither an adjective nor a prepositional phrase but it seems that that situation changes for linking verbs. Examples of linking verbs include verbs like to be to smell to seem to taste to look etc. Linking Verb is a very important topic in English grammar.

Look lie appear taste become grow smell become seem feel is are was am etc. Examples of linking verbs that do this are. Subjective complement sentences example.

Linking Verbs have the unique characteristic of taking predicate adjectives. The linking verb always links the complement to the subject. See more linking verb examples to.

However in this sentence the verb does not act on. The subject of a sentence is the person place thing or idea that the sentence is about. Nelson and Sidney Greenbaum.