7th Grade English Linking Verbs

1. Linking Verbs

2. Linking Verbs
- Express state of being
- Act like an equal sign

3. Linking verbs act like
equal signs
The teacher is very kind.
The teacher = very kind
What is the teacher? kind
Kind is the predicate adjective

4. Linking verbs act like
equal signs
I have been a student leader for three years.
I = student leader for three years
What have I been? student leader
student leader is the predicate noun

5. Linking verbs are not
always “be” verbs.
With large fangs, that dog seems ferocious.
That dog = ferocious

6. Linking verbs are not
always “be” verbs.
Sensory verbs: hear, smell, taste, feel
This wallet feels sturdy.
This wallet = sturdy
My mother’s fried rice tastes delicious.
My mother’s fried rice = delicious

7. Sensory verbs are not
always linking verbs!
Sensory verbs are only linking verbs when they
act as “equal signs”.
I tasted the hamburger.
I = hamburger?
not a linking verb

8. Most Common Linking
Verbs