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The most common linking verb is the verb to be in all of its forms (am, are, is, was, were) may also be used as a helping verb.

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1. Jason became a business major.
The verb is became, links the subject Jason, to its complement, a business major.
2. Lisa is in love with Jason.
Verb is "is", links to the subject "Lisa", to the subject, "in love with Jason"

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Smith is strange.
Smith will always be my friend.
Smith has been here for a week.
Smith was away last week.

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Connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that remains or describes the subject.

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Identify who or what a noun is, was, or will be.

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Anthony is throwing the football. John visited his friend for a while and then went home.The dog ran across the yard. She yelled when she hit her toe.

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A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.