This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Main Verbs > Linking Verbs – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Linking Verbs Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:In 'The teacher appears upset', 'appears' is a linking verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Is the verb a linking verb or action verb?The chicken tastes delicious. A) Linking verb. B) Action verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking verb. 3. Identify the linking verb in the sentence:The cake smells wonderful. A) Wonderful. B) Cake. C) There is no linking verb. D) Smells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smells. 4. Identify the verb in the sentence as either a linking verb or an action verb:After leaving the fish out for three days, it smells terrible! A) Action Verb. B) Linking Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking Verb. 5. The verb is a ..... verb.Wildflowers wilt on a hot day. A) Linking. B) Action. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action. 6. The children ..... going to play football in the evening. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 7. Complete the sentence:The music ..... soothing to my ears. A) Sounded. B) Sounding. C) Sound. D) Sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sounds. 8. This ..... my favorite fruit. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 9. Several times the 500-pound beasts clawed him. A) Action Verb. B) Linking Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action Verb. 10. Tyler brought the groceries into the kitchen. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 11. Identify the linking verb.Liam is too old to play that game. A) Is. B) Too. C) That. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 12. Complete the sentence:The movie ..... boring after the first hour. A) Become. B) Becomes. C) Became. D) Becoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Became. 13. Identify all of the linking verbs in the following sentence:Jessica looked at Brandon, then turned away and seemed disgusted. A) Looked. B) Turned. C) Seemed. D) Away. E) Disgusted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seemed. 14. The town got (quiet, quietly) as the virus spread. A lot of people stay at home (quiet, quietly). A) Quiet/quiet. B) Quietly/quietly. C) Quietly/quiet. D) Quiet/quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quiet/quietly. 15. Suzanne grew excited about her new career. In the sentence above, is the verb an action, helping, or linking verb? A) Helping. B) Action. C) Linking. D) There is no verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 16. Identify the linking verb. The abandoned puppy appeared cold. A) Puppy. B) Abandoned. C) Appeared. D) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeared. 17. Identify the verb in each sentence as action or linking:The couple attended the opening night of the play. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 18. Choose the linking verb.The crowd stayed calm in during the emergency. A) Calm. B) Crowd. C) Stayed. D) Emergency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stayed. 19. Which sentence correctly uses 'appear' as a linking verb with a subject complement? A) The magician appears a rabbit. B) They appear at the party. C) The lights appear bright. D) She appears nervous before the show. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She appears nervous before the show. 20. I ..... ready for my classes. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am. 21. This exercise looks (easy, easily). I think everyone can do it (easy, easily). A) Easy/easy. B) Easy/easily. C) Easily/easily. D) Easily/easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easy/easily. 22. True or False:Linking verbs express an action or movement. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. ..... you going to the store with me? A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 24. During his long career, Beatty faced thousands of lions and tigers. A) Action Verb. B) Linking Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action Verb. 25. Identify the linking verb. We were hungry after the hike. A) Were. B) After. C) The. D) Hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 26. My sister ..... not his classmate. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 27. Identify the action verb:They decided on a menu for dinner. A) Decided. B) They. C) Menu. D) Dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decided. 28. Is the green word an action verb or a linking verb?April and her sister were very busy. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking verb. 29. Is the verb a linking verb or action verb?The tea is hot. A) Linking verb. B) Action verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking verb. 30. The sofa looks (comfortable, comfortably). A) Comfortable. B) Comfortably. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comfortable. 31. Which of the following is a common linking verb?a) swimb) amc) singd) dance A) Swim. B) Dance. C) Am. D) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am. 32. Identify the linking verb and the two nouns that are linked in the following sentence:Steve will be a pirate at the costume party. A) Will be, Steve-party. B) Will be, pirate-party. C) Will be, Steve-pirate. D) Steve, pirate-costume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be, Steve-pirate. 33. We smell the eucalyptus tree. It smells pleasant. A) Pleasant. B) Smell. C) Smells. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smells. 34. Complete the sentence:The children ..... excited about the trip. A) Was. B) Are. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 35. In the following sentence, is "go" a transitive or intransitive verb?I must go to the store. A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive. 36. Which word is a verb in the following sentence:When in danger, Toto could only bark. A) Danger. B) Only. C) In. D) Could bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could bark. 37. What is the linking verb in the sentence:Bergan is super awesome! A) Awesome. B) Bergan. C) Super. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 38. Is the green word an action verb or a linking verb?Aiden will be late to school. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking verb. 39. I've been working hard all day. I ..... tired. A) Is. B) Looks. C) Feels. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am. 40. You need to tune that guitar. It ..... horrible. A) Looks. B) Tastes. C) Smells. D) Sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sounds. 41. Is the verb a linking verb or action verb?The spaghetti looked awful. A) Linking verb. B) Action verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking verb. 42. She is looking for the colored pens ..... because she needs them now. A) Serious. B) Serilously. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serilously. 43. Choose the correct linking verb in the sentence:The flowers ..... beautiful.a) areb) havec) dod) can A) Do. B) Are. C) Can. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 44. Linking I feel good today. A) I. B) Good. C) Today. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feel. 45. My friend ..... red shoes. A) Has. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 46. The verb is:Many plants are in the mountains. A) Mountains. B) Are. C) Plants. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 47. In the sentence 'The milk turned sour overnight', 'turned' is a linking verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. True or False:Action verbs can be physical or mental actions. A) Only mental actions can be action verbs. B) True. C) False. D) Only physical actions can be action verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. Action We bought food at the fair. A) We. B) Food. C) Bought. D) At the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 50. Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: "The cake smells delicious." A) Cake. B) The. C) Delicious. D) Smells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smells. 51. True or False:In the sentence 'He seems tired', 'seems' is a linking verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Identify if the verb in the sentence is a linking verb or an action verb.After the party, the room looked very messy. A) Linking Verb. B) Action Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking Verb. 53. Her favorite occupation ..... reading. She likes to read, and she reads a lot. A) Is. B) Was. C) Is being. D) To be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 54. Identify the verb in each sentence as action or linking:I love Van Gogh's painting Starry Night. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 55. Identify the action verb in the following sentence:Sally walked to the mall. A) Sally. B) In. C) Walked. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 56. I ..... singing when my father came along. A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 57. Rocky is older than Winky. A) Older. B) Is. C) Rocky. D) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 58. Which of the following verbs can BOTH function as action and linking? A) Love. B) Become. C) Smell. D) Pray. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 59. She looks amazing in that costume. Is the verb in the sentence above an action, helping, or linking verb? A) Action. B) Helping. C) Linking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 60. He ..... suspicious when he saw the safe was open ..... A) He became suspicious when he saw the safe was open . B) He was suspicious when he saw the safe was open . C) He seem suspicious when he saw the safe was open . D) None of the above. 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