Linking Verbs for intermediate learners

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Linking verbs are connectors of the language. Their only job is to link a subject with a subject complement. Want to know how?

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What Are linking Verbs?

Linking verbs do not show any special action but they are used to link the verb to the adjective.

Linking Verbs

The most common linking verbs in English are:

Be (am/is/are)
Seem
Look
Feel
Sound
Taste

Why Do We Use Linking Verb?

Linking verbs are used to show quality, and name an attribute of a noun. Here are the examples.

She seems nice.

Matthew is generous.

Tip!

Linking verbs are not followed by an object but they are followed by an adjective.

They are happy.

Soon you will feel better.

Warning

Remember, linking verbs do not take '-ing'.

✓She is beautiful. → ✗She ~~ising~~ beautiful.

✓He seems kind. → ✗He ~~seeming~~ kind.

Review

Linking verbs link the subject to the adjective. Here are linking verbs.

be (am/is/are)
seem, look, feel, sound, taste

Ditransitive Verbs

Ditransitive verbs are transitive verbs that take two objects. A direct object and an indirect object. Follow the article to read more about them.

Ergative Verbs

Ergative verbs are a type of verbs that can be both transitive and intransitive. In this lesson, we will learn more about this type of verbs.

Complex Transitive Verbs

There are five basic types of verbs: intransitive, linking, mono-transitive, di-transitive and complex-transitive verbs. In this lesson, we'll discuss the last.

Dummy Verbs

Have you ever repeated a word too much that made you think How boring it got! You can use dummy verbs instead of repeated verbs.

Catenative Verbs

Catenative verbs, also known as chain verbs, are followed by other verbs to form a chain of two or more verbs. In this lesson, we will discuss them in detail.

Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs are verbs that are used transitively to reflect back to the subject. Let us learn more. Follow the article.

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