Yes, the word "been" is a linking verb.
"Has" can function as both a linking verb and a helping verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject to a subject complement that renames or describes it (e.g., "She has been a teacher for 10 years"). As a helping verb, it is used with a main verb to form a verb phrase (e.g., "She has eaten dinner").
According to my wonderful English teacher (and my memory), "had been" is a verb phrase, but "had" is a helping verb.
The sentence is "Shelly should have been more careful on the path." The complete linking verb is "should have been."
"It" is not a linking verb. "It" is a pronoun.
Was is a linking verb.
"Has" can function as both a linking verb and a helping verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject to a subject complement that renames or describes it (e.g., "She has been a teacher for 10 years"). As a helping verb, it is used with a main verb to form a verb phrase (e.g., "She has eaten dinner").
According to my wonderful English teacher (and my memory), "had been" is a verb phrase, but "had" is a helping verb.
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No. The verb to become is a linking verb, and the verb to be is a linking verb, but they are two separate verbs.
the linking verbs are: am, is, are, was, were, has been, had been, have been, shall be, will be, might have been, should have been, would have been, appear, become, seems, look, feel, grow, remain, sound, taste. so no could be is not a linking verb.
A linking verb is a verb that links a noun to an adjective. Ex: The dog is fat. Is is the linking verb. a helping verb always stands in front of a main verb. Ex: Kendrick has been to Florida.
Was is a linking verb.
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"Did" is not a linking verb.
No. All forms of to be (am, is, are, was were, been) are linking verbs, but there are also others, such as to stay, remain, grow.
The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object of the verb 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 linking verb in your sentence 'might have been' (reporter = right).