Answer to Question #319060 in English for Sarah

Question

Linking verbs are commonly used in sentences with complements.Identify the linking verbs in the following sentences

a.She seems happy

b.You are beautiful

c.James became a priest

d.What kind of complement can you identify in a-c above?

e.What kind of complement is the bolded nouns in the following sentence?

Unisa appointed Professor Puelng as Principal and Vice Chancellor

Answer 1

a. Seems

b. are

c. became

d. happy (subject complement), beautiful (subject complement), priest (object compliment)

e. happy (subject complement), beautiful (predicative adjective of subject complement) and priest (object compliment)