7/24/2019 Bhs. Inggris ( Linking Verb)

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Name : Chandra Ahmad Gumilang

NIM : F1B015011

Group : 4

“Sentence With Linking Verb”

The linking verb is a special kind of ver !ha! links the subject of a sen!ence "i!h a

"ord !ha! describe the subject# $his descrip!ive "ord is called a complement and is al"a%s a

noun& pronoun& or ad'ec!ive# $he complement refers ack !o !he su'ec! and !ell us something

about i!#

(inking ver do no! e)press ac!ion# *ns!ead& !he% connec! !he su'ec! of !he ver !o

addi!ional informa!ion aou! !he su'ec!#

Eample !

1# +eila is  a shopaholic

"is#  isn,! some!hing !hah +eila

can do# - Is) connec!s !he su'ec!& - Keila)& !o addi!ional informa!ion aou! her 

-+eila.& !ha! she "ill soon have a huge credi! card ill !o pa%#

/# *rene al"a%s  feels sleep% af!er pigging ou! on pia An!onio,s#

(fells) connec! !he su'ec!& (Irene#$ !o her s!a!e eing& sleepiness# 

Form of ver be[am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, e!c , become,

and seem. $hese !rue linking vers are al%a&s linking verb' 2!her linking ver: appear, feel,

 grow, look, prove, remain, smell, taste and turn. Sometimes these verb are linking verb,

sometimes they are action verb.

3o" do %ou !ell "hen !he% are ac!ion ver or linking ver

*f %ou can sus!i!u!e am, is , or are and !he sen!ence s!ill sound logical& i!s a lingking ver#

% ne" s!ereo sounds "onderful 6 m% ne" s!ereo is "onderful 7 Linking Verb

*f& af!er !he sus!i!u!ion& !he sen!ence doesn,! make sense& i!s an ac!ion ver#

$he li!!le girl tasted !he ho! soup 6 $he li!!le girl is !he ho! soup 7 (ction Verb

ComplemenLinkingS

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