Learning Target: I can identify and explain the function of the parts of speech. (L 7.4)
Name____________________
Date_____________________
Period__________Table_____
Exercise 8. Writing Appropriate Linking Verbs
Directions:
Write a linking verb for each blank. Use a DIFFERENT verb for each sentence.
1. That building ____________________ the new public library.
2. The car ____________________ funny.
3. The moose ____________________ huge.
4. She ____________________ very nervous about the driving test.
5. Her garden ____________________ dried and brown in the drought.
6. Let’s hope the evening ____________________ cool.
7. We can eat the raspberries when they ____________________ red.
8. Burt ____________________ grouchy early in the morning.
9. The soup ____________________ too salty.
10. She ____________________ healthy and full of vigor.
Exercise 9. Writing Sentences with Linking Verbs
Directions: Using the linking verb given in bold, change each of the following word groups into a sentence. Write the
sentence on your paper and underline the linked words. Look at the examples below:
1. Grew - the darker storm clouds
2. Is - Judge Jennings, a fair person
The storm clouds grew darker.
Judge Jennings is a fair person.
1. Became – the tired players
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2. Looked – Edwin Moses, very relaxed
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3. Smelled – the slightly sour milk
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4. Is – Beyonce, a good singer
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5. Remained – the unsold property
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6. Tasted – the unripe berries
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7. Could be – real sea serpents
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8. Seemed – the impossible explanation
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9. Appeared – the fully recovered patient
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10. Might have been – the tall woman, the basketball coach
RCSHS – ELA7 - KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar, Third Course
pp. 357-358, Exercises 10 and 11
rev. 11/15
Learning Target: I can identify and explain the function of the parts of speech. (L 7.4)
Name____________________
Date_____________________
Period__________Table_____
______________________________________________________________________________
RCSHS – ELA7 - KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar, Third Course
pp. 357-358, Exercises 10 and 11
rev. 11/15