2. State of Being Verbs A Project LA Activity

3. What is a state of being verb? State of being verbs are often called linking verbs because they link the subject of the sentence with information about it. SUBJECT PREDICATE

4. What is a state of being verb? There are 8 state of being verbs: am, are, is was, were, be, being, been You will need to remember all 8 state of being verbs!

5. The teacher is tall. In the first sentence, is links the teacher to information about her-the fact that she is tall. That is her state of being.

6. This candy tastes so sweet. In the second sentence, tastes links candy to information about it—its sweetness. Did you think taste was an action verb? Well, it is—when the subject is doing the tasting. But here, the candy isn't doing any tasting. The candy itself tastes sweet. That is its state of being.

7. This candy tastes so sweet. Ahhh…so there are more linking verbs than just the 8 state of being verbs. appearseem becomesmell feelsound growstay looktaste remainturn

8. Other Linking Verbs... Hmm…some of these could be action verbs, too…we will need to know how to tell the difference! appearseem becomesmell feelsound growstay looktaste remainturn

9. Here’s an easy way to tell!! If you can replace with word with is, am, or are, and it still makes sense…it is a linking verb! Let’s try: George felt sad. George is sad. …Yep, it’s a linking verb!!!

10. Let’s try it again. Remember, if you can replace with word with is, am, or are, and it still makes sense…it is a linking verb! My dinner tastes yummy. My dinner is yummy. …Yep, it’s a linking verb!!!

11. Let’s try it again – uno mas. Remember, if you can replace with word with is, am, or are, and it still makes sense…it is a linking verb! The girl smelled the pizza. The girl is the pizza. …Nope, it’s NOT a linking verb!!!

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