- Linking Verb (kata kerja penghubung) adalah kata kerja yang digunakan untuk menghubungkan Subject dengan Complement (pelengkap).
- Adapun Complement itu dapat berupa Noun, Adjective, Adverb.
- Terkadang Linking Verb juga disebut kata kerja lemah (weakness verb), dikarenakan kata kerja ini hanya sebagai penghubung, maka Linking verb ini selalu Intransitive Verb (kata kerja yang tidak ada direct object nya)
- Linking Verb terdiri dari:
- Verb of sensation : Feel, Look, Smell, Taste, Sound.
- Verb of Being ; act, appear, seem, continue, keep, aprove, remain, turn, get, fall, run, become, be, grow,etc.
- Linking Verb "be" ; is, am, are, was, were,...
- Action Verb dan Linking Verb
Contoh Action Verb dan Linking Verb
- This food tasted delicious
substitusi "was", The noodle was delicious (kalimat logis), jadi taste ini termasuk linking verb.
- Smith tastes a beef burger
substitusi "was", Smith was a beef burger (kalimat tidak logis), jadi taste ini merupakan action verb/transitive verb.
- Contoh kalimat Linking Verb
- the old man feels lonely
- the coat looks nice
- the soup smells good
- the music sounds slow
- this food tastes delicious
- I keep health
- He becomes old
- The traffic light turned green and I pilled away
- The dog ran wild
- The Milk has gone sour
- The women will grow old with her lovely husband
- The story proved unreal
- I wish you be mature and responsibility
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