... 6) EXAMPLES OF SENSORY LINKING VERBS (Note: Sensory verbs are used as linking verbs only when
there is no action involved in the sentence.):
... an action verb as in the above sentences it cannot be working as a
linking verb.
8) EXAMPLES OF LESS COMMON LINKING VERBS:
SC
She grows prettier every day.
SC
The test proved ... sweet.
SC SC
The pie
tasted...
... words in the box to complete the phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using
put in this story. You will need to use some of them more than once.
Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions ... to use some of the phrasal verbs more than once.
Exer
cise 2: Decide if the definitions given for the idioms and other expressions in bold are
true or false.
Phrasal verbs, idioms and other...
... multi-word verbs. It can be used
as a game or revision activity.
The Jokes provide some light relief. They are related to the theme of the
unit and illustrate some humorous uses of multi-word verbs. ... for revising the
multi
-
word verbs they learn in the book. One simple is to
put students into pairs and tell student A to read the
of some
the multi-word verbs while student
B...
... it.
5
5. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of two-word
phrasal verbs
Nonseparable phrasal verbs
Intransitive nonseparable phrasal verbs (verbs that do not allow an object)
are usually accented on ... seek but not look for.
Phrasal verbs are verbs, not idiomatic curiosities. There is no logic to classifying
take over with take the bull by the horns. Phrasal verbs are an essential pa...
... are stative verbs comes
from the combinations in (8) having some of the same morphological pecu-
liarities as noun incorporation into verbs. Nouns that are historically derived
from verbs must ... [
PredP
Chris Ø
Pred
[
NP
teacher]]]
For verbs, Bowers’ Pred is very similar to the elements others have proposed
to license the “external arguments” of verbs, such as the voice head of Kratz...