{"id":1470,"date":"2012-08-30T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2022-11-24T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T10:59:00","slug":"verbs-linking-and-not-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/verbs-linking-and-not-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbs &#8211; Linking and not Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">A <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read <\/span><\/span>\n<p>We learned that <a title=\"Verbs\" href=\"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=1468\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verbs <\/a>are an essential component of any sentence.&nbsp; Verbs present action done by the subject.&nbsp; Verbs can also connect or link the subject to additional information about this subject.&nbsp; Such verbs are called linking verbs.&nbsp; For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>My mother <strong>is<\/strong> a great cook.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The verb \u201cis\u201d does not denote an action word. But it connects the subject of the sentence \u2013 \u201cMy mother\u201d \u2013 to some additional information about her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Richard <strong>seems<\/strong> sad today.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The verb \u201cseems\u201d does not denote any action word but it connects the subject of the sentence \u201cRichard\u201d with the additional information that he looks sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>After getting the news that she had made it to her dream college, Rachael <strong>became<\/strong> very happy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The verb \u201cbecome\u201d again does not denote any action but it connects \u201cRachael\u201d, the subject of the sentence, with the remaining information in the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-how-to-recognize-linking-verb\">How to recognize linking verb?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can replace a verb in the sentence with is, am, or are and the sentence still makes sense, then those verbs are linking verbs. 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