Pengertian Action Verbs and Linking Verbs dan Contoh-Contohnya

2. Linking Verbs

Kata kerja penghubung adalah kata kerja yang menghubungkan (linking) subjek kalimat dengan informasi tentang subjek itu.

Kata kerja penghubung tidak menggambarkan tindakan.

Saat menggunakan kata kerja penghubung, struktur kalimatnya adalah:

Subject + linking verb + information about the subject (noun)(verb)(adjective, noun, or complement)

Beberapa kata kerja selalu berfungsi sebagai linking verbs karena  tidak pernah menggambarkan suatu tindakan.

Kata yang selalu menjadi linking verbs adalah:

a. to be (is, am, are, was, were, has been, have been, had been, is being, are being, was being, will have been, etc.)

b. to become (become, becomes, became, has become, have become, had become, will become, will have become, etc.)

c. to seem (seemed, seeming, seems, has seemed, have seemed, had seemed, is seeming, are seeming, was seeming, were seeming, will seem)

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"Linking verbs merupakan kata kerja yang menghubungkan subjek dengan informasi kalimat."