A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which can be a noun, pronoun, or adjective, helping to describe or identify the subject.

Unlike action verbs, linking verbs do not express action but rather show a state of being or a condition.

Linking Verbs Examples

List of 50 linking verb examples

  1. Am
  2. Is
  3. Are
  4. Was
  5. Were
  6. Be
  7. Being
  8. Been
  9. Become
  10. Becomes
  11. Became
  12. Seem
  13. Seems
  14. Seemed
  15. Appear
  16. Appears
  17. Appeared
  18. Feel
  19. Feels
  20. Felt
  21. Look
  22. Looks
  23. Looked
  24. Sound
  25. Sounds
  26. Sounded
  27. Smell
  28. Smells
  29. Smelled
  30. Taste
  31. Tastes
  32. Tasted
  33. Grow
  34. Grows
  35. Grew
  36. Become
  37. Becomes
  38. Became
  39. Turn
  40. Turns
  41. Turned
  42. Remain
  43. Remains
  44. Remained
  45. Prove
  46. Proves
  47. Proved
  48. Show
  49. Shows
  50. Showed