LINKING VERB (LV)
SENTENCES
What exactly are sentences?
- A complete set of words
conveying a statement, question,
or command.
- typically containing a subject and
predicate
- A sentence is composed of a
main clause and subordinate
clauses.
A sentence typically has two parts:
- subject(denoted as S)
- predicate(the verb of the
sentence)
SUBJECT(S)
What is a subject?
- a person or thing that is being
discussed, described, or dealt
with
- The subject of a sentence is the
person, place, or thing that is
performing the action of the
sentence.
- The subject represents what or
whom the sentence is about.
- The simple subject usually
contains a noun or pronoun and
can include modifying words,
phrases, or clauses.
PREDICATE(verb)
What is a predicate?
- the part of a sentence or clause
containing a verb and stating
something about the subject.
- A predicate can be in three:
- Simple predicate.
- Compound predicate.
- Complete predicate.
The three types of verbs as predicates:
- Linking verb (LV)
- Transitive Verb (TV)
- Intransitive Verb(IV)
Linking verbs are:
- verbs that don't show an action
but rather describe the subject.
TRANSITIVE VERB (TV)
- a verb that requires an object to
receive the action.
INTRANSITIVE VERB (IV)
- An intransitive verb does not
take an object.
- Using an object immediately
after an intransitive verb will
create an incorrect sentence.
- However, there may be other
information after the verb, such
as one or more prepositional
phrases or an adverb.
COMPLEMENT(C)
- Denoted as C
- A subject complement is a word
or phrase that follows a linking
verb and identifies or describes
the subject.
PREDICATE ADJECTIVE (P.A.)
- Predicate adjectives are
adjectives that modify or
describe the subject of a sentence
or clause and are linked to the
subject by a linking verb.
- In the sentence The joke was
funny, the adjective funny is a
predicate adjective that modifies
the subject joke and is connected
to it with the linking verb was.
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE(P.N.)
- It is a noun or pronoun that
explains the subject or gives
another name for the subject.
- Predicate Nominatives follow
linking verbs.
DIRECT OBJECT (D.O)

- a noun phrase denoting a person

or thing that is the recipient of
the action of a transitive verb
- Answers the question “whom”
and “what”

INDIRECT OBJECT (I.O)

- Answers the question “to whom

or “for whom”

OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT (O.C)

- Describes, renames, or gives info

about the object