Linking Verbs

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  1. Hello. I hope you're all eager about English class today.
  2. Today's lesson is linking verbs.
  3. The objectives for today will be to recognize linking verbs
  4. to recognize that linking verbs connect words on dhe to
  5. recognize that linking verbs do not show action to link
  6. is to make a connection between two or more things.
  7. So I would like you all to remember that as
  8. we go through today's lesson linking verbs, the verb be
  9. on. All its forms are linking verbs.
  10. So we have b been being, um, is our was
  11. on were on.
  12. We could use the's in combination with other words as
  13. well, too.
  14. So we could say was being or war being?
  15. Yeah, yeah.
  16. We also have other linking verbs such as feel, tastes,
  17. smell, look seem sound on a good hint to remember.
  18. These is to think about your five senses.
  19. We have a third group off linking verbs such as
  20. the word appear, turn grew, stay remain on a good
  21. hint to remember.
  22. These are to think of the power points on emission
  23. choices. You make them appear or turn or grow.
  24. Linking verbs.
  25. Linking verbs are just like the equality equal sign in
  26. math linking verbs should no action on.
  27. I know that you're wondering how can we link math
  28. and English together?
  29. Well, we're going to see.
  30. Like I said, linking verbs in English are just like
  31. the equality sign in math.
  32. So, for example, my school is a great place to
  33. be. So if you take out the verb you say
  34. my school equals, Ah, great place to be a great
  35. place to be is my school agreed Place equals my
  36. school. My teacher is a good teacher.
  37. Yea, and we know that my teacher equals a good
  38. teacher. Ah, good teacher is my teacher.
  39. So again, if we take out the linking verb, we
  40. can replace it with the equal sign.
  41. Ah, good teacher equals my teacher.
  42. So these air good tips for you all to remember
  43. As you apply yourself to the lesson as you do
  44. the practices as we go on, a linking verb is
  45. used to link a subject to a word in the
  46. predicate. For example, you are gorgeous.
  47. The words the linking verb links usually gives more information
  48. about the subject or describes the subject.
  49. So you are gorgeous.
  50. Are is your linking verb and it connects the word
  51. you too gorgeous.
  52. So it's giving.
  53. Or here, in this case, gorgeous is describing the subject.
  54. You okay?
  55. Let's look at more examples here.
  56. Tommy is a chocoholic.
  57. Tommy can is even though is is a verb.
  58. It is not an action.
  59. It is links the subject.
  60. Tommy toe information about her.
  61. It's a linking verb.
  62. Next example.
  63. I think your friends are really funny.
  64. Your friends may be funny, but they can't are our
  65. links your friends to a description off them.
  66. Therefore it is are linking Ferb Key.
  67. Let's look at further examples here.
  68. The Berries turn sweet.
  69. The linking verb in the sentence is the word of
  70. herb. Turn on it connects Berries too sweet, so Berries
  71. turn sweet again.
  72. You can think of it of a little many sentence.
  73. The winners were Tora on I.
  74. The linking verb were connects.
  75. Winners to tora on I.
  76. So to review, we know that a linking verb is
  77. used to link a subject toe.
  78. A word in the predicate linking verbs can be used
  79. just like the equality sign used in maths.
  80. If you can take out the verb on, replace it
  81. with equal on, it makes sense, then you know it
  82. is being used as ah, linking verb.
  83. Linking verbs show new action