Linking+Verb+Examples


 * Linking Verb Sentence Examples: **

1st: Find the verb = tastes. 2nd: Ask yourself who or what tastes? = apple. This is your subject. 3rd: Apple tastes what? = old. This is a PA or PN. 4th: The old dog is very old. This works. 5th: An old. This does not work, so old is a PA.
 * The apple tastes old. **

1st: Find the verb = is. 2nd: Ask yourself who or what is? = the teacher. This is your subject. 3rd: The teacher is what? = a coach. This is a PA or PN. 4th: The coach dog is very coach. This doesn't work. 5th: A coach. This works, so coach is a PN.
 * The teacher is a coach. **

1st: Find the verb = is. 2nd: Who or what is? = the girl. Girl is your subject. 3rd: The girl is what? = a swimmer. This is where you need to be careful. The sentence is NOT trying to tell you that the girl is awesome. It is trying to tell you that she is an awesome //SWIMMER//. Make sure you read the whole sentence. Don't just stop at the first word that make sense. Also, there is a clue = the word "an" is there telling you that a noun is coming.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Be very careful of sentences like this: **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The girl is an awesome swimmer. **

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