State of Being Verbs

A Project LA Activity
What is a state of being verb?

State of being verbs are

often called linking verbs
because they link the subject
of the sentence with
information about it.
PREDICATE

SUBJECT
What is a state of being verb?

There are 8 state of being

verbs:
isam are
was were

be being been

The teacher is tall.

 In the first sentence, is links the teacher

to information about her-the fact that she
is tall. That is her state of being.
This candy tastes so sweet.

 In the second sentence, tastes links

candy to information about it—its
sweetness. Did you think taste was an
action verb? Well, it is—when the
subject is doing the tasting. But here, the
candy isn't doing any tasting. The candy
itself tastes sweet. That is its state of
being.
Can you tell which are being verbs?

were run will be jump

shine skip sing is

could has drive draw

Ready to
move on?
OOPS! That is an action verb.

Try again
Yes! That is a state of being verb.

Try
another!
Online Verb Games

The Linking Verb

State of Being Verb Quiz
2Bee or Nottoobee Verb Game
Doing and Being Verb Sentence
Sense
Doing and Being Verb Sentence
Sense II
Linking Verbs MAIN