LY THUYET LINKING VERBS

UNIT 3: LINKING VERBS There are kinds of verbs: Action verbs and linking verbs I Action verbs: What are ACTION verbs?: An action verb is a verb that describes an action, such as Run, Eat, Smile, Think, Cry Structure with action verbs: When using action verbs, the sentence structure will be SUBJECT ->ACTION VERB -> THE REST OF THE SENTENCE (noun)(verb)(adjective, adverb, noun, complement, or nothing) Here are some examples of action verbs in sentences - Greg is kicking the ball now The action verb is kicking It describes what Greg is doing - The wind blows constantly in Chicago The action verb is blows It describes what the wind does - He accepted my apology The action verb is accepted It describes what 'he' did II Linking verbs: What are LINKING verbs? A linking verb is a verb that links (connects) the subject of the sentence to information about that subject Linking verbs not describe action Không chia thể tiếp diễn dù thời List of linking verbs: appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, keep, get, prove and turn Chúng chia thành nhóm sau: a Những động từ quan điểm: seem, appear Your plan seems realistic Kế hoạch bạn thực tế He appears older than he really is Anh ta nhìn già tuổi b Những động từ cảm giác: look, feel, taste, smell, sound The blue dress looks better Áo đầm màu xanh dương nhìn đẹp This fabric feels lovely Loại vải đẹp I didn’t enjoy the food It tasted horrible Tơi khơng thích Nó dở q These flowers smell beautiful Những hoa có mùi thơm That sound system sounds expensive Hệ thống âm đắt tiền b Những động từ thay đổi trạng thái: become, get, go, turn She became very angry when she saw what they had done Cô ta giận thấy họ làm As night fell the air grew cold Càng tối, trời lạnh The sun got hotter and hotter Trời lúc nóng His face went white with shock when he heard the news Mặt trắng với ngạc nhiên nghe tin As I get older, my hair is starting to turn grey Khi già đi, tóc bắt đầu bạc 3 Sentence structure with linking verbs - When using linking verbs, the sentence structure will be: SUBJECT ->LINKING VERB -> INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT III Notes: Some verbs are ALWAYS linking verbs because they never describe an action Other verbs can be linking verbs in some sentences and action verbs in other sentences Verbs which are always linking verbs: be, become, seem Here are some examples of linking verbs that are ALWAYS linking verbs in sentences: - “The ball is red.”'Is' is a linking verb that connects the subject, ball, to information about that subject (that it is red) - “The children are smart.”'Are' is a linking verb that connects the subject, children, to information about that subject (that they are smart) - “The child will be tall five years from now.”'Will be' is the linking verb connecting 'child' to the fact that he will be 'tall five years from now.' - “The cat seems fine.”'Seems' links the subject, cat, with information about the cat (that it is fine) - “The dog became thin after his surgery.” 'Became' links the subject, the dog, with information about him (that he became thin) Verbs that can be linking verbs in some sentences and action verbs in other sentences: look, smell, appear, prove, sound, feel, remain, taste, grow There are verbs that can be linking verbs in SOME sentences, but are action verbs in other sentences One way to determine if the verb is functioning as an action verb or a linking verb is to substitute the word “is” for the verb in question If the sentence still makes sense, then it is probably a linking verb If the sentence would not make sense with the word “is,” then it is probably an action verb in the sentence a Appear: - Jane appeared uninjured after the accident You could substitute the word 'is,' for the word 'appears,' and the sentence would still make sense: "Jane is uninjured after the accident." This lets you know that appeared is a linking verb in this sentence - Before I could leave, Jane appeared In this sentence, appeared is not linking anything It is telling the action that Jane did She appeared, or showed up b Smell: - The cake smells good! This sentence describes the cake “Smells” is a linking verb in this sentence It connects the subject, cake, with information about that subject - it smells good - Ellen smells the cake.The word, smells is not linking anything If you replaced smells with 'is' the sentence would not make sense That means smells must be an action verb in this sentence Ellen performed the action of smelling the cake c Grow: - The woman grew silent This sentence may seem confusing Remember that the word “grow” has more than one meaning! In this sentence, “grew” means BECAME The woman became silent - The gardener grew some flowers The word, grew, is not linking two things together here If you tried to replace grew with 'is' the sentence would not make sense This means that grew must be an action verb The gardener performed the action of growing some flowers d Feel: - The doctor felt the leg carefully to see if there were any broken bones tân ngữ trạng từ Vị bác sĩ sờ nắn chân cách cẩn thận để xem có cịn xương gãy không - Mike felt happy after passing his law school exam tính từ Mike cảm thấy hạnh phúc sau thi đậu kì thi trường luật e Look: Professor Bob looked at the experiment happily tân ngữ trạng từ Giáo sư Bob xem thử nghiệm cách hạnh phúc You not look happy today tính từ f Taste: The chef tasted the meat cautiously before presenting it to the king tân ngữ trạng từ The cake tastes delicious tính từ g Sound: The alarm sounded loudly The coach sounded his whistle h Stay: - We stayed friends after we broke up - We should stay here quietly: otherwise, they will find u i Turn: - His hair turned grey - He turned the fortune wheel excitedly ... action Other verbs can be linking verbs in some sentences and action verbs in other sentences Verbs which are always linking verbs: be, become, seem Here are some examples of linking verbs that... structure with linking verbs - When using linking verbs, the sentence structure will be: SUBJECT - >LINKING VERB -> INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT III Notes: Some verbs are ALWAYS linking verbs because... thin) Verbs that can be linking verbs in some sentences and action verbs in other sentences: look, smell, appear, prove, sound, feel, remain, taste, grow There are verbs that can be linking verbs