This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Main Verbs > Linking Verbs – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Linking Verbs Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the predicate noun?-Thread snakes are the smallest snakes. A) Smallest. B) Snakes. C) Thread. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snakes. 2. Identify the linking verb in this sentence:The sky looks blue. A) The. B) Looks. C) Sky. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looks. 3. What happened? You ..... terrrible!Are you hurt? A) Look. B) Smell. C) Sound. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 4. Identify the linking verb:'The leaves turned yellow in autumn.' A) Autumn. B) Leaves. C) Yellow. D) Turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turned. 5. Which of the following is not a common linking verb?a) tasteb) smellc) rund) appear A) Run. B) Smell. C) Appear. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run. 6. Is the green word an action verb or a linking verb?AJ stretched her arms out in front of her. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 7. Which Linking Verb is also an Auxiliary Linking Verb? A) Would. B) Become. C) Appear. D) Turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 8. The players were tired after their practice. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking. 9. Pick the linking verb in the sentence. Noah was very kind to me. A) Noah. B) Kind. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 10. Identify the subject complement in the sentence:'The cookies are fresh.' A) Are. B) The. C) Cookies. D) Fresh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fresh. 11. Once in a while, some of these animals would become uncontrollable. A) Action Verb. B) Linking Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking Verb. 12. The author writes his newest book. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 13. What is the linking verb in this sentence? Leo is a very nice young man. A) Is. B) Very. C) Nice. D) Leo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 14. Identify the linking verb in the sentenceMy dad is a police officer. A) Is. B) Officer. C) Dad. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 15. The eggs ..... rotten. A) The eggs were rotten. B) The eggs smell rotten. C) The eggs are rotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The eggs smell rotten. 16. Identify the verb in the sentence as either a linking verb or an action verb:A cold ice cream tastes so good on a hot summer day. A) Action Verb. B) Linking Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking Verb. 17. He appears very ..... when looking at her. A) Excited. B) Excitedly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited. 18. He went red after tripping on the rug. A) Tripping. B) Rug. C) Went. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 19. Dreams come true when we believe in them. A) Dreams. B) Come. C) When. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come. 20. Choose the correct linking verb that will complete the sentence.The drivers ..... early today. They have to deliver food. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 21. Identify the linking verb in the sentence:They became friends. A) Became. B) Have. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Became. 22. The cat was asleep on the recliner. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking. 23. Jack and Rose ..... riding a boat. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 24. Some participants ..... cancelling their appointments. A) Were. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 25. Identify the subject complement in this sentence:'Her idea seems brilliant.' A) Seems. B) Brilliant. C) Her. D) Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brilliant. 26. In the following sentence "must" is what type of verb?I must go to the store tonight! A) Helping. B) Action. C) Linking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helping. 27. Identify the linking verb.My neighbor's singing voice sounds very squeaky despite several hours of daily practice. A) Voice. B) Sounds. C) Practice. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sounds. 28. Action The local fair opens the same day every year. A) Opens. B) Local. C) Every. D) Fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opens. 29. When you grow up, you need to choose a specific career. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 30. Riding in a car ..... safer with a seat belt. A) Riding in a car is safer with a seat belt. B) Riding in a car will be safer with a seat belt. C) Riding in a car could be safer with a seat belt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Riding in a car will be safer with a seat belt. 31. Choose a box in which ALL verbs are linking verbs of becoming A) Become, keep, be, prove. B) Fall, go, turn, get. C) Fall, remain, end up, grow. D) Appear, prove, make, come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fall, go, turn, get. 32. Select the linking verb in the following sentence:Mom was tired at the end of the day. A) End. B) Day. C) Mom. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 33. The football team will be the winning team tomorrow night. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking. 34. Identify the linking verb:She seems tired after the long journey. A) After. B) Seems. C) Tired. D) Journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seems. 35. The snow covered the ground. A) Action. B) Linking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action. 36. This plant grows ..... if it absorbs enough water. A) Quickly. B) Quick. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 37. I bought a bicycle so I can go to school faster. A) Transitive verb. B) Intransitive verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitive verb. 38. Identify the action verb in the following sentence:'She ran to the store.' A) She. B) To. C) The store. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ran. 39. Helping verbs are used to express ..... A) Emotions, Traits, People. B) Metaphors, Thoughts, Texts. C) Expressions, Idioms, Similes. D) Tense, Voice, Emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tense, Voice, Emphasis. 40. What is the linking verb in the sentence?I am angry about what she did. A) Am. B) What. C) Did. D) About. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am. 41. Vijay and Sam are reading about Minecraft. A) Action. B) Linking. C) Helping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping. 42. Complete the sentence:His explanation ..... clear and concise. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 43. Charlie ..... a math wizard A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 44. The boys ..... playing a game yesterday. A) Am. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 45. The koala tastes a leaf. Does it taste good? A) Tastes. B) Taste. C) Leaf. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste. 46. Identify the subject complement. He became a famous writer. A) He. B) Famous. C) Became. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writer. 47. Identify the linking verb and the two nouns that are linked in the following sentence:The answer appears incorrect. A) Appears, answer-the. B) Appears, the-incorrect. C) The, appears-incorrect. D) Appears, answer-incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appears, answer-incorrect. 48. Identify the correct pronoun:'The person who answered the question was ..... ' A) He. B) His. C) Himself. D) Him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He. 49. What is the linking verb?Lindsey feels excited about her tryout. A) Excited. B) About. C) Lindsey. D) Feels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feels. 50. Which of the following is a linking verb? a) Write b) Become c) Jump d) Swim A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 51. Identify the linking verb.Caleb was being loud during reading time. A) Loud. B) Was being. C) During. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was being. 52. What is the action verb in the sentence? The flower shop smelled beautiful. A) Smelled. B) Flower. C) The. D) Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smelled. 53. July is smelling the soup her mother has just made. A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Action verb. 54. The president of the class is (he, him). A) He. B) Him. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He. 55. Define Action Verb A) A word that modifies a verb. B) A verb that expresses either physical or mental activity. C) A verb that expresses an place, person, thing, or idea. D) A word that expresses action or state of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A verb that expresses either physical or mental activity. 56. Eve ..... like to babysit her younger brothers. A) Doesn't. B) Don't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't. 57. Sam ..... flying a kite. A) Is. B) Are. C) Am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 58. What is the function of a linking verb in a sentence? A) To connect the subject to a predicate adjective. B) To modify the subject. C) To show action. D) To introduce a new idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To connect the subject to a predicate adjective. 59. True or False: "The ice sculpture feels cold" is an example of a helping verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Identify the simple subject. Give me your answers! A) Your. B) Answers. C) (you). D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (you). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesLinking Verbs Quiz 1Linking Verbs Quiz 2Linking Verbs Quiz 3Linking Verbs Quiz 4Linking Verbs Quiz 5Linking Verbs Quiz 6Linking Verbs Quiz 7Linking Verbs Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books