For example in the sentence They are a problem the word are is the linking verb that.

Example of linking verb stay. The adjective following a linking verb describes the subject of a sentence. Linking verbs do not express action. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf But this morning everything seemed so extraordinarily queer that a question like Nancys.

The plane remained on the ground. Stay is often used as a linking verb but can be used as either linking or action. Therefore remains is the linking verb in this sentence.

The rainbow appears in the sky after the rain. Linking verb They wanted to leave the building so they remained reluctantly. There are 23 total linking verbs in the English language.

A linking verb is a verb that links connects the subject of the sentence to information about that subject. They all are going to excavate. Laura is excited about her new bike.

Their son. The most common linking verbs are forms of the verb to be. I told her to stay out of my room.

All forms of the verb be are always linking. Austin and Ella were tiredThe word were links the subject Austin and Ella to the predicate tired. As you can see stative linking verbs are the verb be the most commonly used verb in English and verbs of appearance and sense perception.