Linking verb adalah kata kerja yang menghubungkan subject
dengan informasi atau deskripsi tentang subject tersebut (subject complement — berupa noun, adjective,
atau adverb). Berbeda dengan main
verb yang
dapat menunjukkan aksi/tindakan, kata ini hanya sebagai penghubung. Dengan
demikian kata kerja ini selalu intransitive karena tidak ada direct object
yang menerima aksi.
Linking
verbs
terdiri dari: verb of sensation (feel, look, smell, sound,
taste) dan verb of being (act, appear, be, become,
continue, grow, prove, remain, seem, dan
turn).
Linking
Verb Be
Linking
verbs be antara lain: is, am,
are, was, were, dan be. Dengan is, am,
dan are digunakan pada present tense, was dan were pada past tense, be pada present subjunctive & imperative, dan were pada past subjunctive.
Selain
digunakan sebagai linking verb, “be” digunakan pula sebagai auxilliary verb. Bedanya, Auxiliary ”be” diikuti verb
(participle).
Contoh
Kalimat dengan Be:
·
The
cat is funny. (linking verb,
diikuti subject complement)
·
The
man is sitting on the plane. (auxilliary,
diikuti participle)
Action
Verb & Linking Verbs
Kebanyakan
verb of sensation maupun verb of being (kecuali be) dapat
pula sebagai action dan transitive verb seperti: appear, feel, grow,
look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste,
dan turn. Namun become dan seem benar-benar
hanya dapat berfungsi sebagai linking verb. Begitu pula dengan “be”
tidak bisa sebagai action verb karena “ising, areing,
being” bukan sesuatu yang dapat dikerjakan.
Kebanyakan
kata kerja pada suatu kalimat, tidak termasuk appear, dapat dideteksi sebagai action atau bukan dengan
cara mensubstitusikan be pada kata kerja tersebut. Jika tampak logis,
maka kata kerja tersebut berfungsi sebagai linking verb.
Contoh Action & Linking Verb:
The noodle tasted delicious.
Substitusi “was”: The noodle was delicious. (kalimat logis –> taste merupakan linking verb)
Substitusi “was”: The noodle was delicious. (kalimat logis –> taste merupakan linking verb)
July tasted the Kung Pao chicken.
Substitusi “was”: July was the Kung Pao chicken. (kalimat tidak logis –> taste merupakan action & transitive)
Substitusi “was”: July was the Kung Pao chicken. (kalimat tidak logis –> taste merupakan action & transitive)
Contoh Kalimat Linking verbs
Contoh kalimat linking verbs pada verb of sensation
maupun being adalah sebagai berikut.
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Linking
Verbs
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Contoh
Kalimat
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Verbs of Sensation
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feel,
look, smell, sound, taste
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The
old man feels lonely.
(Pria tua itu merasa kesepian.) |
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The
coat looks nice.
(Mantel itu tampak manis.) |
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Her
socks smell bad.
(Kaus kakinya bau.) |
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The
host’s voice sounds terrible
because of cold.
(Suara pembawa acara itu terdengar buruk karena pilek.) |
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After
working for five hours, a plate of fried rice tasted yummy.
(Setelah bekerja selama lima jam, sepiring nasi goreng terasa lezat.) |
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Verb of Being
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be:
is, am, are, was, were, be |
Mr.
Mamat is a headmaster.
(Mr. Mamat seorang kepala sekolah.) |
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I am from Bandar Lampung.
(Saya dari Bandar Lampung.) |
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The
children were naughty.
(Anak-anak tsb nakal.) |
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I
wish you be mature and
responsible.
(Saya harap kamu menjadi dewasa dan bertanggungjawab.) |
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act,
appear, become, continue, grow, prove, remain, seem, sit, stand, turn
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The
baby sitter was fired because she acted
careless.
(Pengasuh bayi itu dipecat karena berlaku ceroboh.) |
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The
newlywed couple appears happy.
(Pasangan pengantin baru itu tampak bahagia.) |
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He becomes unfamous because of his
behavior.
(Dia menjadi bereputasi buruk karena kelakuannya.) |
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The
story proved unreal.
(Cerita tsb terbukti fiktif.) |
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Your
holiday plan seems interesting.
(Rencana liburanmu tampak menarik.) |
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Her
face turns red when
she is embarrassed.
(Wajahnya memerah ketika dia malu.) |
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Linking Verbs
Linking verbs adalah verba penghubung yang
menghubungkan subjek dengan complement (pelengkap) yang menerangkannya,
bisa noun complement atau adjective complement. Sering digunakan
untuk menggantikan to be dan dipakai untuk menunjukkan sesuatu yang
berkaitan dengan panca indra (look, sound, smell, feel, taste) atau
keadaan (appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, remain, keep, stay, go,
run).
Linking verbs juga dikenal dengan istilah copulas atau copular verbs.
Contoh dalam kalimat:
- I feel happy.
- I keep health.
- The soup smells good.
- This food tastes delicious.
- She looks very beautiful.
- The music sounds slow.
- He becomes old.
- The traffic lights turned green and I pulled away.
- He became recognized as the leading authority on the subject.
- His face turned purple.
- She became older.
- The dogs ran wild.
- The milk has gone sour.
- The crowd grew ugly.
Linking verbs selalu intransitive (tetapi tidak semua intransitive verbs adalah linking verbs).
To be juga disebut linking verbs, seperti pada contoh berikut ini:
- The crew’s mission is to create the best topographic map of Earth.
- The solution was judges who would mete out longer prison sentences.
- Leonardo said, “I am the king of the world.”
Tetapi to be juga tidak selalu berperan sebagai linking verbs, contoh:
- Nyoko was crossing a bridge when the earthquake hit.
- Margaret Ann was feeling tired.
Linking verbs juga dikenal dengan istilah copulas atau copular verbs.
Contoh dalam kalimat:
- I feel happy.
- I keep health.
- The soup smells good.
- This food tastes delicious.
- She looks very beautiful.
- The music sounds slow.
- He becomes old.
- The traffic lights turned green and I pulled away.
- He became recognized as the leading authority on the subject.
- His face turned purple.
- She became older.
- The dogs ran wild.
- The milk has gone sour.
- The crowd grew ugly.
Linking verbs selalu intransitive (tetapi tidak semua intransitive verbs adalah linking verbs).
To be juga disebut linking verbs, seperti pada contoh berikut ini:
- The crew’s mission is to create the best topographic map of Earth.
- The solution was judges who would mete out longer prison sentences.
- Leonardo said, “I am the king of the world.”
Tetapi to be juga tidak selalu berperan sebagai linking verbs, contoh:
- Nyoko was crossing a bridge when the earthquake hit.
- Margaret Ann was feeling tired.