The Linking Verb

Do you know Linking Verbs?

Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the examples below:

 Keila is a shopaholic.

Ising isn't something that Keila can do. Is connects the subject, Keila, to additional information about her, that she will soon have a huge credit card bill to pay.

 During the afternoon, my cats are content to nap on the couch. 

Areing isn't something that cats can do. Are is connecting the subject, cats, to something said about them, that they enjoy sleeping on the furniture.

The following verbs are true linking verbs: any form of the verb be [am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc.], become, and seem. 

Sometimes  verbs are linking verbs; sometimes they are action verbs.

How do you tell when they are action verbs and when they are linking verbs?

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