Linking Verbs and Subject Complements

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

• Alan Shepard

• became

• American

• space

Identify the part of speech of the subject complement in the following sentence: Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Shepard had been a test pilot.

• Shepard

• had

• been

• had been

• pilot

Identify the part of speech of the subject complement in the following sentence: Shepard had been a test pilot.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Then he had become an astronaut.

• Then

• had

• become

• had become

• astronaut

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: His spaceship was ready for takeoff on May 5, 1961.

• spaceship

• was

• ready

• takeoff

• May 5, 1961

Identify the part of speech of the subject complement in the following sentence: His spaceship was ready for takeoff on May 5, 1961.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The time was predawn.

• The

• time

• was

• predawn

Identify the part of speech for the subject complement in the following sentence: The time was predawn.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Shepard looked strange in his futuristic spacesuit.

• Shepard

• looked

• strange

• in his

• futuristic spacesuit