Linked for Life: Linking Verbs and Predicate Nouns

Summary
Review lesson on linking verbs with a focus on predicate nouns.

Objectives
• Review linking verbs.

• Reintroduce predicate nouns with more detailed information.

• Test student?s knowledge of subject by having them underline predicate nouns in a sentence.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Linking verbs are intransitive, state of being verbs without a direct object. Instead of telling what the subject does, the linking verb links the subject with other words that describes or explain more about the subject. They do not show action. They tell what the subject is, was or will be.

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