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What is a Subject Complement: Predicate Nominative and Predicate Adjective
A subject complement is a word or phrase that follows a linking verb (called the copula) to connect the predicate to the subject. There are two types of subject complements: the predicate nominative which renames the subject and the...
Englishing
LINKING verbs (be, become, keep, get, go, seem, sound, etc.)
When you want to describe a situation or even someone, for example to list the qualities of something or someone, we use these kinds of verbs: LINKING VERBS, sometimes called copulas. In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc will list five different...
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What are Linking Verbs? | Auxiliary Verbs
A linking verb is a type of auxiliary verb that does not show any action. It simply links, or joins, the subject of a sentence to the subject complement (a word that identifies or describes the subject). The forms of the verbs to be, to...
Grammaropolis
A Linking Verb Expresses a State of Being
When Lucy the linking verb takes her friend skydiving, she wants to know how he feels.
Curated Video
Adding Vivid Verbs to Improve Your Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using vivid verbs in writing to help readers visualize and understand the writer's message. The teacher provides examples of action verbs and linking verbs and demonstrates how to...
Curated OER
Copulative Verbs and Subjective Complements
Copulative verbs, also known as linking verbs, "link" subjective complements and the original noun, basically renaming the noun. The copulative verb acts like an equal sign. Follow Yossarian the Grammarian as he explains several sentence...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: What a Verb Is, and What Verbs Aren't
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian clarifies the function of verbs.
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Verbs to Be
This TurtleDiary video lesson [1:05] is designed to help students explore the verbs of be, including am, is, are, was, and were. Students will learn how to conjugate the verbs of be, according to specific simple subjects. Games are...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Active Voice and Passive Voice: English Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian demonstrates how to distinguish between the active voice and the passive voice when writing sentences and paragraphs. He also shows how to edit errors that involve the active and passive...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Linking Verbs
In a previous video, we established that one thing verbs can do is show actions, like 'the bear runs.' Verbs can also link ideas to one another, like 'the bear looks cheerful.'
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Linking Verb
Video provides students with an explanation of linking verbs.