1. State of Being Verbs
A Project LA Activity

2. 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.
PREDICATE
SUBJECT

3. What is a state of being verb?
There are 8 state of being verbs:
is am are
was were
be being been

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Can you tell which are being verbs?
were run will be jump
shine skip sing is
could has drive draw
Ready to move on?

7. OOPS! That is an action verb.
Try again

8. Yes! That is a state of being verb.
Try
another!

9. Online Verb Games The Linking Verb State of Being Verb Quiz
2Bee or Nottoobee Verb Game
Doing and Being Verb Sentence Sense
Doing and Being Verb Sentence Sense II
Linking Verbs
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