What Is A Linking Verb. Linking verbs "link" a subject to the predicate of the sentence. Try this simple trick: Replace the verb with the correct form of "be" and see if the sentence still.
Examples of linking verb in a Sentence. "Look" in "you look happy" and "are" in "my favorite fruits are apples and oranges" are linking verbs.
Linking verbs are called copulative verbs or copulas.
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Linking verbs (also referred to as copulas or copular verbs) don't show action like ordinary verbs. Its primary purpose is to re-identify or describe the subject in the sentence. For example, in the sentence "They are a problem," the word "are" is the linking verb.
