Soal Linking Verb

Materi Linking Verb

Linking verb merupakan verb (kata kerja) yang menghubungkan subjek kalimat dengan informasi atau deskripsi dari subjek tersebut (subject complement).

10 Contoh Soal Linking Verb

Tentukan apakah kata kerja yang di garis bawah merupakan linking verb atau bukan (action verb atau auxiliary verb).

1. Do you feel uneasy around him?

   1. linking verb
   2. action verb

2. The graduate student is presenting his paper this afternoon.

   1. linking verb
   2. auxiliary verb

3. Your white shirts turned yellow because you used too much bleach.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

4. I wish he were here.

   1. auxiliary verb
   2. linking verb

5. She tasted the green tea egg tart.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

6. He was one of the best participants in the group.

   1. linking verb
   2. auxiliary verb

7. It doesn’t seem so hard to lose weight.

   1. linking verb
   2. action verb

8. He looked up the term in the French dictionary.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

9. This ripe green apple tastes sweet and juicy.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

10. The girls look so much better without makeup.

    1. action verb
    2. linking verb

Jawaban

1. Do you feel uneasy around him?

   1. linking verb
   2. action verb

2. The graduate student is presenting his paper this afternoon.

   1. linking verb
   2. auxiliary verb

3. Your white shirts turned yellow because you used too much bleach.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

   Substitusi “were”: Your white shirts were yellow because you used too much bleach. Kalimat logis –> turn merupakan linking verb.

4. I wish he were here.

   1. auxiliary verb
   2. linking verb

5. She tasted the green tea egg tart.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

   Substitusi “was”: She was the green tea egg tart. Kalimat tidak logis –> taste bukan linking verb.

6. He was one of the best participants in the group.

   1. linking verb
   2. auxiliary verb

7. It doesn’t seem so hard to lose weight.

   1. linking verb
   2. action verb

8. He looked up the term in the French dictionary.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

   Substitusi “was”: He was up the term in the French dictionary. Kalimat tidak logis –> look bukan linking verb.

9. This ripe green apple tastes sweet and juicy.

   1. action verb
   2. linking verb

   Substitusi “is”: This ripe green apple is sweet and juicy. Kalimat logis –> taste merupakan linking verb.

10. The girls look so much better without makeup.

    1. action verb
    2. linking verb

    Substitusi “are”: The girls are so much better without makeup. Kalimat logis –> look merupakan linking verb.

Materi Linking Verb

Related Posts:

• Soal Causative Verb
• Soal Modal Auxiliary Verb
• Soal Reported Speech
• Soal Passive Voice
• Soal Subjunctive

References:

1. Review: Linking Verbs. http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/rvlink.html. Accessed on December 3, 2013.
2. Grammar Exercise – Linking Verbs. http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-linking-verbs.php#.Upz86tIW3GM. Accessed on December 3, 2013.
3. Verbs and Verbals. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm. Accessed on December 3, 2013.
4. The Verb “To Be”. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/to_be.htm. Accessed on January 8, 2013.
5. Linking Verbs. http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/link.html. Accessed on December 3, 2013.