Question

Underline the main verbs in the following sentences and state whether they are linking verbs or not.

1. Payal appears calm.
2. He became anxious about working for
the first time.
3. We grew flowers in our garden.
4. Feel the texture of the stone.
5. They stayed at home.
6. Charu grew impatient about the delay.
7. The dress looked beautiful on Mira.
8. The people stood at the gate waiting to
meet their hero.
9. Gaurav tasted the delicious dish.
10. Everyone looked for the lost papers.​

Answer 1

1. Payal appears calm.

Appears is linking the subject Payal with predicate calm.

2. He became anxious about working for the first time.

Become is playing the role of linking verb in the given sentence.

3. We grew flowers in our garden.

Grew is acting as an action verb as well as a linking verb.

4. Feel the texture of the stone.

Feel is playing the role of both linking and action verbs.

5. They stayed at home.

Stayed is playing the role of linking the verb as it connects the subject with the predicate.

6. Charu grew impatient about the delay.

Grew is acting as a linking verb.

7. The dress looked beautiful on Mira.

Looked is playing the role of linking verb.

8. The people stood at the gate waiting to meet their hero.

Waiting is used as linking and as an action verb.

9. Gaurav tasted the delicious dish.

Tasted is the main verb in the sentence which is playing the role of linking verb along with action verb.

10. Everyone looked for the lost papers.​

Looked is playing the role of linking verb as well as an action verb.

Answer 2

Underline the main verbs in the following sentences and state whether they are linking verbs or not.

Answer:

1. Payal appears calm.

• It is an example of present indefinite tense. Here 'appears' is linking the predicate 'clam' to the subject. Appears is main verb of the sentence: Payal appears calm.

2. He became anxious about working for

the first time.

• Became is the main verb and past form has been used in verb and it refers to simple past tense.
• 'became' links the predicate to the subject.

3. We grew flowers in our garden.

• Here 'grew' is the main verb which acts as a linker(verb) between subject and predicate.

4. Feel the texture of the stone.

• Feel is the main verb. It links to the predicate: The texture of the stone.

5. They stayed at home.

• 'Stayed' refers to past form of verb. So it is an instance of simple past tense. Stayed is the main verb because it is associated(linked) with 'at home'.

6. Charu grew impatient about the delay.

• The main verb 'grew' plays the role of a linker. It links the predicate 'impatient about the delay.'

7. The dress looked beautiful on Mira.

• 'Looked' is the main verb and it links 'beautiful on mira.'

8. The people stood at the gate waiting to

meet their hero.

• The 'subject' is linked by the main verb 'stood' to the 'predicate' at the gate waiting to meet their hero
• 'Stood is the main verb'

9. Gaurav tasted the delicious dish.

• The main verb is 'tasted' which links the object 'The delicious dish.

10. Everyone looked for the lost papers.

• 'Looked' links 'the lost papers'.
• 'Looked' is main verb here