A linking verb is a verb that connects or (links) a verb to a noun or an adjective.
example:
I was cold.
was, is has been, smelled, looked, are all linking verbs
Linking verbs do not express action. Instead they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject.
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The key thing about a 'linking verb' is that it is followed by an adjective, not an adverb. This is something that learners of English as a foreign or second language may fine difficult.
Examples
(Some verbs can act as both linking verbs and actions verbs. If used as action verbs they need to take adverbs, for example:
Note that in thse two example there is an action and an object).
No. The verb to become is a linking verb, and the verb to be is a linking verb, but they are two separate verbs.
Linking verb
"Did" is not a linking verb.
action, it is the past tense of the verb surround.
The linking verb is are.
No. The verb to become is a linking verb, and the verb to be is a linking verb, but they are two separate verbs.
Was is a linking verb.
Linking verb
"Did" is not a linking verb.
Linking verb.Were is the past tense plural be verb any form of be verb is a linking verb.
"It" is not a linking verb. "It" is a pronoun.
action, it is the past tense of the verb surround.
the word were is a LINKING VERB.
The linking verb is are.
it is a linking verb
Was is a linking verb.
"Is" is the linking verb in this sentence. All this means is that "is" is the verb and the type of verb is a linking verb.