Improve your English today at ANGLOPOD.COM. Hi everyone, I’m Dan and today we’re going to learn about linking verbs and how we use them in a sentence. These verbs do not describe an action. They are used to describe a state, a feeling or a result. Let’s look at some examples…

The most common example of a linking verb is BE. For example, I AM a teacher, you ARE a student. In these examples, the verb BE is used to describe a state, not an action, and it is followed in both examples with a noun, not an adverb. In the examples here, ‘a teacher’ and ‘a student’.

It’s also very common to use linking verbs with the senses, so you can say that some food TASTES GOOD or some music SOUNDS GOOD. Even though they are verbs, you are not describing an action, so you would not say TASTES or SOUNDS WELL. So, “this food TASTES GREAT” or “that music SOUNDS AMAZING”. Linking verb plus adjective, in these two examples, ‘great’ and ‘amazing’.

Here are the five linking verbs for describing the senses: FEEL, LOOK, SMELL, SOUND and TASTE. For example, “You LOOK SAD” or “I FEEL SICK”.

Here are some of the most common linking verbs to describe states of being: BECOME, APPEAR, SEEM, GET, REMAIN and GROW. For example, “This IS BECOMING A PROBLEM” or “Things are GETTING BETTER”.

So go to ANGLOPOD.COM and practise using these linking verbs in the comments. Describe a state, feeling or result with these verbs. It LOOKS EASY, right? Show us that your English IS GETTING BETTER! See you soon!

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