Was as a Linking Verb in a Sentence?

The lost child looked scared. Common linking verbs include: be, am, are, is, was, were, seem, look, feel, sound, and taste. example: Austin and Ella were tired. The word were links the subject, Austin and Ella, to the predicate, tired.

Is was a linking verb?

Unlike action verbs, there is only a very short list of words that are true linking verbs. Interestingly these words are always linking verbs. Here is the list: Be, am, is, are, was, were, has been, any other form of the verb “be”, become, and seem.

Was as a verb in a sentence?

You would say, “Sarah was at the store,” for example, or “She was at the store.” Another way to use was is as an auxiliary verb with a singular subject in the past continuous tense.