Linking Verbs Worksheet: Find the Linking Verbs
In this linking verbs worksheet, students have carefully read all 15 sentences. In each sentence, they have to circle the linking verbs.
Linking verbs do not show actions. Instead, they link a subject to a noun or adjective in a sentence.
For example, in the sentence “I feel sick”, the linking verb “feel” connects to the adjective “sick”. And the subject in the sentence is “I”.
Linking Verbs Worksheet Answer Key
1. At the hospital, the sick kid’s face turned blue.
2. The old potatoes tasted awful.
3. The boy was injured during the soccer match.
4. I looked everywhere for my scarf.
5. My parents sounded unhappy at the baseball game.
6. At the park, I feel happy.
7. On her birthday, she had a pink birthday cake.
8. Dave was the star player on the basketball team.
9. At the top of the mountain, they appeared happy.
10. The flower shop smelled beautiful.
11. At the age of 60, he went blind in one eye.
12. The weather turned out fine at the marathon.
13. We were the champions of the baseball tournament.
14. She felt surprised because of the size of the fish.
15. The idea sounds great.
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This worksheet needs work. In number 3, “was” is a helping verb. In number 4, “looked” is an action verb; and in number 7, “had” is an action verb (“cake” is a direct object, not a subject complement. It does not rename or describe the subject).