Linking Verbs Practice Worksheet

Linking Verbs Practice

Read each section carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying and using linking verbs.

Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a noun, pronoun, or adjective that renames or describes the subject. Unlike action verbs, linking verbs do not show action. Common linking verbs include forms of 'to be' (am, is, are, was, were, been, being), and verbs related to the five senses (look, smell, taste, feel, sound) or states of being (appear, become, grow, remain, seem, stay, turn).

Directions: Read each sentence and identify the linking verb.

1. The soup tasted delicious.

2. She is a talented artist.

Directions: Complete each sentence with an appropriate linking verb.

3. The flowers   beautiful in the garden.

4. He   tired after the long hike.

5. This music   very soothing.

Directions: Read each statement. If the underlined word is a linking verb, circle True. If it is an action verb, circle False.

6. The dog <U>ran</U> quickly across the yard.

7. My brother <U>seems</U> happy today.

8. Write two sentences. In the first sentence, use 'feel' as a linking verb. In the second sentence, use 'feel' as an action verb.

9. Explain the difference between an action verb and a linking verb in your own words, providing an example for each.