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- à 2.1èAction and Linking Verbs
- ä:ïDistinguish between action and linking verbs in the
- sentences in the Example.
- âS:
- êë After Judy wiped the vase, she thought about Henry's
- #êë mother.ï╖Wiped╗ and╖ thought╗ are action verbs.
-
- #êë I am sure that you felt uneasy. ╖ Am╗ and╖ felt╗ are
- êë linking verbs.
- éS
- ëAll verbs indicate either action or a state of being.ïAction
- verbs refer to what we can specifically perceive through our five
- senses--sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste--(physical) or through our
- mind (non-physical).
-
- Linking verbs, on the other hand, address the fact that someone or some-
- #thing exists.ïVery few verbs in our language are linking verbs:╖ am, ╗
- #╖is, are, was, were, be, being, been╗ are always linking. ╖ Appear, be-╗
- #╖come, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay,╗ and╖ taste╗
- can be linking verbs in certain situations to be discussed later.
- 1.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains an action
- verb?
- A)ïSam watched Sally leave the bus.
- B)ïHurricanes are ferocious storms.
- C)ïThe ancient tale was about Schlemo the snake and his brother
- è Schlomo.
- D)ïå
- ü
-
- #ëBecause ╢watched╗ indicates something that someone is doing, it
- #is an action verb.ï╖Are╗ and╖ was╗, showing a state of being, are
- linking verbs.
- Ç A
- 2.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains a linking
- #verb ╣but no action verb╣╣╣╗?
-
- A)ïI look at her shoes.
- B)ïMy new clothes look stylish.
- C)ïHer nephew once was a clown who performed in local circuses.
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëIn the second sentence ╢look╗ is a linking verb because the verb
- #╖are╗ can replace it.ï╖Look╗ is an action verb in the first sentence,
- referring to the act of observing something.ïThe last sentence con-
- #tains the linking verb ╖was╗ and the action verb ╖performed.╗
- Ç B
- 3.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains an action
- verb and a linking verb?
- A)ïJonathan Seagull soared over the house and disappeared into the
- è clouds.
- B)ïIt is likely that the carpenter needs extra tools.
- C)ïI am positive that the stools are too old fashioned.
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëThe sentence containing ╢is╗, a linking verb, and ╢needs╗, an
- action verb, is the one to choose.ïOne of the other sentences contains
- #two action verbs, ╖soared╗ and ╖disappeared╗, but no linking verbs.ïAn-
- #other sentence has two linking verbs, ╖am╗ and ╖are╗, but no action
- verbs.
- Ç B
- 4.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains a linking
- verb?
-
- A)ïOur future seems very promising.
- B)ïHis cousin likes target practice.
- C)ïThe mice hid underneath the bookcase.
- D)ïå
- #üï╢Seems╗ is the only linking verb in the above sentences.ïA good
- #way to determine if a verb other than a verb of being (╖am, is, was╗,
- #╖were, be, being, been╗) is a linking verb is to substitute the words ╖╗
- #╖is╗ or ╖are╗ for the verb in question.ïIf ╖is╗ or ╖are╗ make sense in
- #that context, then the verb is a linking verb.ïBecause ╖seems╗ can be
- #easily replaced by ╖is, seems╗ is then a linking verb.ï╖Likes╗ and╖ ╗
- #╖hid╗ are both actions verbs.
- Ç A
- 5.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains one linking
- verb and one action verb?
-
- A)ïThe oak tables are antiques that I purchased twenty years ago.
- B)ïHis headphone has many scratches on it.
- C)ïThe singer was happy that the drummers were on time.
- D)ïå
- ü
-
- #ë╢Are╗ is a linking verb, and ╢purchased ╗is an action verb. The
- #second sentence contains the action verb ╖has╗.ïThe third sentence
- #contains the two linking verbs ╖was ╗and ╖were╗.
- Ç A
- 6.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains two linking
- verbs?
-
- A)ïThe pie smells wonderfully tart, and I hope it remains that way.
- B)ïMoses Mendelssohn became a great philosopher in Germany.
- C)ïThe album felt slippery when I touched it.
- D)ïå
- ü
-
- #ë╢Smells╗ and ╖╢remains╗ are two linking verbs.ïIn the other
- #two sentences, one contains the linking verb ╖became╗, and the other
- #has the linking verb ╖felt╗ and the action verb ╖touched.╗
- Ç A
- 7.ïWhich one of the following sentences contains two action
- verbs?
-
- A)ïI am ashamed of her because her parents live in a trailer.
- B)ïToday I want to be cheerful, even though my hamster just died.
- C)ïBeside the oven was a green dishwasher that appeared worn out.
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëIn one sentence, ╢want╗ and ╢died╗ are action verbs.ïIn another
- #sentence, ╖am╗ is a linking verb and ╖live╗ is an action verb.ïThe re-
- #maining sentence has two linking verbs ╖was╗ and ╖appeared╗, but it has
- no action verbs at all.
- Ç B
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