First Known Use of linking verb.

Non examples of linking verb. Well thats because a word like is can also play an auxiliary or helping role in a sentence. These are always linking verbs. Be seem look sound and more are examples of linking verbs in English.

Linking verbs are called copulative verbs or copulas. For example in the sentence They are a problem the word are is the linking verb that connects they and problem to. The lawyer is dishonest.

In other words linking verbs re-identify or to describe the subject linking it to a subject complement. They simply link the subject with the rest of the sentence. They do not show any action.

Remember that a linking verb does not express an action He felt sick when he felt the heat. Could you say The flower is beautiful. It describes Tony the subject Tony always smells the soup.

They join a subject with its predicate noun or adjective. He smelled the flowers. Examples of linking verb in a Sentence Look in you look happy and are in my favorite fruits are apples and oranges are linking verbs.

The girl is wicked. In the action sentence the subject is doing the smelling. William is excited about his promotion.