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高二（下） Unit 2 Fit for life Grammar and usage Linking verbs What is a linking verb? A linking verb is a word used to connect the subject of a sentence to further information about its state. The most common linking verb is ‘to be (am / is / are / was / were / been )’. Words like seem, appear, prove, keep, stay and remain can all be linking verbs. It seems common for people to think of penicillin when they have a fever. They appear in favor of the new drug. Both of these medicines have saved millions of people’s lives and have proved beneficial to mankind since they were invented. You shouldn’t keep quiet in a debate. People stayed silent while the professor was giving his lecture. Medicine remains a powerful tool that helps improve our lives. 2. Words relating to the five senses - sound, taste, feel, look and smell - can also be linking verbs. I prefer music that sounds cheerful. If you always eat fast food, vegetables may not taste delicious to you. The baby’s skin feels soft and smooth. He noted that a dish in which he was trying to grow bacteria for experiment looked abnormal-it had blue mould in it. The air often smells bad in this room. 3. Linking verbs like turn, go, fall, grow, get and become usually indicate a change of state. Leaves turn green in spring. The food will go bad if you don’t put it in the refrigerator. Kate fell asleep the moment she got into bed. He grew annoyed when the little girl asked him another silly question. John gets easily excited when he plays computer games. Within a shot time, aspirin became the best-selling medicine in the world for pain relief. 4. Linking verbs are most often followed by an adjective. Sometimes, they can also be followed by a noun or a prepositional phrase. They remained silent (adjective) about the whole thing. Penicillin became the greatest drug (noun) of the 20th century, saving millions of lives. The article is about using medicine (prepositional phras