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Likes is a linking verb. It's a linking verb because if you use the sentence "She likes to play ball,", it would be a linking verb because you can like.
You simply put it in a sentence.
[Linking verb] Jane felt pain after the injection. [Action verb] Jane feels pain.
"Sound" can be used as a linking verb when it describes the condition or state of something, such as in "She sounds tired." It can also be used as an action verb when it refers to the act of making a noise or producing a sound, as in "The alarm clock sounds at 6 a.m."
He sounded the bell to start the meeting. That music sounds good.
I am an English professor. The subject is 'I'. The linking verb is 'am'. 'An English professor' is a noun acting as predicate noun.
Not except in a colloquial meaning. Noise is a nounreferring to a sound, or to sounds in general.The near-archaic verb use is to mean "spread a report or rumor."
Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which can be a noun, pronoun, or adjective that renames or describes the subject. For example, in the sentence "She is a doctor," "is" is the linking verb connecting "She" to the subject complement "doctor." To use a linking verb effectively, identify the subject and then choose a verb that links it to the complement that provides more information about the subject.
The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object is a different form of the subject (Mary is my sister. Mary=sister); or the subject becomes the object (My feet got wet. feet->wet).The verb stayed (past tense of to stay) can be a linking verb, for example:You have stayed the same as I remember you. (You -> same)The cat stayed at the window all morning. (this is not a linking verb, the window is not another form of the cat)
Yes and no! Love is a stative verb, you can use it to do linking and action verb sentences.
Yes and no! Love is a stative verb, you can use it to do linking and action verb sentences.
Yes and no! Love is a stative verb, you can use it to do linking and action verb sentences.