A linking verb connects the subject with words in the predicate of a sentence. It tells what the subject is or is like.
Forms of the verb be are often used as linking verbs.
Use am, is, and are to show present time.
![grammar1](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL120Kids/unit04/Grammar%204-4/4-4g1.jpg)
That girl is a kind person.
![grammar2](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL120Kids/unit04/Grammar%204-4/4-4g2.jpg)
I am feeling sad.
![grammar3](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL120Kids/unit04/Grammar%204-4/4-4g3.jpg)
The children are energetic.
![grammar4](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL120Kids/unit04/Grammar%204-4/4-4g4.jpg)
Dad was building us a tree house.
![grammar5](https://smrt.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/core/LMLA/KIDS/ENGL120Kids/unit04/Grammar%204-4/4-4g5.jpg)
They were skydiving last week.