Linking Verbs Review

True or false: ALL linking verbs must be followed by either a predicate adjective or a predicate nominative.

• True

• False

True or false: Action verbs are like an equals sign between the subject and the predicate adjective/nominative.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a linking verb?

• is

• seems

• looks

• walk

Which of the following is NOT a linking verb?

• was

• tries

• smells

• were

What is the part of speech of the word incredibly in the following sentence?

Sophie was incredibly proud of her accomplishments.

• adverb

• preposition

• adjective

• pronoun

What is the part of speech of the word was in the following sentence?

Sophie was incredibly proud of her accomplishments.

• past tense linking verb

• present tense linking verb

• adverb

• past tense action verb

What is the word function of the word proud in the following sentence?

Sophie was incredibly proud of her accomplishments.

• predicate nominative

• predicate adjective

• modifier

• adjective

What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?

Sophie was incredibly proud of her accomplishments.

• incredibly proud of her accomplishments

• was incredibly proud of her accomplishments

• Sophie was

• of her accomplishments

What is the word function of the word her in the following sentence?

Sophie was incredibly proud of her accomplishments.

• adjective

• modifier

• predicate adjective

• pronoun

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

Sophie was incredibly proud of her accomplishments.

• Sophie

• her

• was

• of