Linking Verbs + Adjectives - Basic

This linking verbs and adjectives basic exercise practises verbs that connect a subject to a description. After linking verbs such as be, feel, look, seem, sound, taste, smell, become, appear, get, stay, and remain, use an adjective to describe the subject: the coffee tastes bitter, she feels terrible, and the plan sounds fantastic.

These B1 questions are designed to stop the common mistake of adding -ly after every verb. A linking verb does not describe an action in the usual way; it describes a state, quality, or change. If the verb can be replaced by be or become without changing the basic meaning, the word after it is usually an adjective. This is why the route includes sensory verbs, change-of-state verbs, and state verbs together: they all connect the subject to a description. The answer describes what the subject is like, not how an action is performed. This keeps the choice tied to meaning, not word endings.