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The act of nervously swaying throughout his speech became a distraction to his audience, making it hard for everyone to focus on his words.
Became is the linking verb in that sentence. It connects the subject, He, to the predicate nominative, senator.
(Became is the past tense of "become" a linking verb based on "to be." It cannot be used directly in a question as are the versions "did become" or "have become." There is one rarely used form.)"What became of the villagers after the fire?""If he became violent, what would they do with him?""Did the doctor say why it became necessary to change medications?"
He became the leading exponent of this genre in England.
He converted from Catholicism and became a Protestant.
The comparison used in the sentence is a simile, comparing the audience's behavior to the character's speech.
The sentence uses the positive degree of comparison, as it does not compare the character's speaking volume or intensity to any other level. It simply states that the audience became quiet when the character started talking.
This sentence uses the positive degree of comparison. It describes a simple comparison without indicating any increase or decrease in the quality of the action.
The degree of comparison used in the phrase "the audience became quiet" is the positive degree. This is because it describes a state or quality (being quiet) without making any comparisons to other states or qualities. The phrase simply indicates that the audience was quiet without suggesting they were quieter than anyone else.
Example sentence - His behavior became bizarre after his father died.
The act of nervously swaying throughout his speech became a distraction to his audience, making it hard for everyone to focus on his words.
The linking verb in the sentence is "became."
The word popular means liked by many people. E.g. The songs by that artist are very popular.
became
A sentence for renegade would be;He was a renegade.OR2. They became renegades.
Became is a verb. He became quiet. Subject Verb Adverb
When i turned 13, I became a teenager.