Linking Verbs
The two parts of speech that follow a linking verb.
What are predicate nouns and predicate adjectives?
What is auxiliary and modal?
The two parts of a sentence that contain a subordinate clause.
What are the dependent and independent clauses?
The three things adverbs modify.
What are verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs?
Prepositional phrases have these at the end of the phrase.
What is the object of the preposition?
Find the linking verb in the following sentence. The hotdogs smelled burnt.
What is smelled?
Label the main verb and helping verb in the following sentence. The workers had painted the bleachers for the first time.
What are had and painted?
Label the parts of the sentence dependent and independent. I will help you with your homework after you watch the baby.
What is dependent = after you watch the baby? What is independent = I will help you with your homework?
Identify the adverb in the sentence. When hiking in the American West, you must proceed carefully.
What is carefully?
Identify the preposition in the sentence. Mrs. Jenkins hired me to clean the large shed behind her house.
What is behind?
Find the linking verb in the following sentence and tell whether it's followed by a predicate noun or adjective. You look exhausted after studying all night.
What is look and predicate adjective?
Tell whether the sentence has a linking or verb phrase. Your plans for the wedding sound nice.
What is linking?
Identify the subordinate conjunction in the sentence. This is the place where I dropped my pen.
What is where?
Identify the adverb in the sentence. People often find rattlesnakes in dry, rocky areas.
What is often?
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence. Terry played a song on his guitar.
What is on his guitar?
Tell whether the sentence has a linking or action verb. The novel soon turned dull.
What is action?
Tell the main and helping verb. I do not know the answer.
What are do and know?
Identify the dependent clause in the sentence. The mice darted underground as the owl dived at them.
What is as the owl dived at them?
What is relatively and rarely? What is an adverb?
Identify the prepositional phrase and the object of the preposition in the sentence. A bazaar is an Asian marketplace held inside the city.
What is inside the city and city?
Tell whether the sentence has an action or linking verb and if it's linking, followed by a predicate noun or adjective. The November weather turned cold and miserable.
What is linking and predicate adjectives?
Tell whether the sentence is linking or has a verb phrase. If a verb phrase, identify the linking and helping verb. We'll play soccer on Saturday.
What is will play and helping?
Write a sentence with a dependent clause and an independent clause. Be sure to use subordinate conjunction.
What is answers will vary.
What is there and a verb?
Identify the prepositional phrase and the object of the preposition in the sentence. Some bazaars are located along a single, narrow street.
What is along a single, narrow street and street?