List of 48 Examples of Linking Verbs
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Want to find examples of linking verbs? Here's a collection of relevant terms. The terms on this list are all verbs that create different types of subject-predicate link.
| act | grow | look | should have been |
| am | had become | may be | smell |
| am being | had been | may have been | sound |
| appear | had seemed | might be | stay |
| are | has become | might have been | taste |
| are being | has been | must be | turn |
| become | has seemed | must have been | was |
| can be | have become | prove | were |
| could be | have been | remain | will be |
| feel | have seemed | seem | will become |
| get | is | shall be | would be |
| go | is being | should be | would have been |
