This document discusses linking verbs and the verb "to be". It explains that linking verbs describe a state of being or change rather than an action. "To be" is one of the most common verbs in English and is used to form tenses. Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement that provides additional information about the subject. For example, in the sentence "The dog was really fierce", the linking verb "was" connects the subject "dog" to the adjective complement "fierce".

2. EnglishGrammar 7
LinkingVerbs

3. LinkingVerbs
Verbs are not all “doing” words:
some are better thought of as
“being”words, because they
describe a state of being or change.
These two types of verb are know
as action verbs and linking verbs.

4. To be
 “To be” is one of the most common verbs in
English, frequently used as a main verb and
also as an auxiliary (helping to form the past,
present and continuous tenses).
 Past: I was, you were, he/she/it was
 Present: I am, you are, he/she/it is, etc
 Future: I shall be, you will be, he/she/it will
be, etc.

5. Main point
You think of verbs as “to run”, “to cook”
and “ to sing” all name a particular
action, however, some verbs, including
“to be”, are better described as “being”
words, because they name a state of
being or change. Being verbs act
differently in a sentence, they do not
take a direct object, but instead, often
link the subject to a word or phrase
called the “subject complement” that
completes our understanding of it.

6. For example, in “The dog was
really fierce”, the verb “was”
links the subject “dog” to the
adjective “fierce”.

7. Spelling list 7
ei, eigh, eir
weir, their, heir, weird, forfeit,
either, height, surfeit, foreign,
heifer, feisty, sovereign, seismic,
heirloom, eiderdown,
counterfeit, kaleidoscope,
Fahrenheit