āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
used when naming, or giving description or information about people, things, or situations
Linking Verb: to be [adj] | to be sb/sth | to be to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sarah is a talented artist.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
1.1
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ
used for saying what something is made of
Linking Verb: to be particular constituent parts or material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Is your table solid wood?
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ?
1.2
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to express equality between things
Linking Verb: to be sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Let y be the product of p and q.
āĻ§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ y āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ p āĻāĻŦāĻ q āĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻŖāĻĢāĻ˛āĨ¤
1.3
āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
used for talking about the cost of something
Linking Verb: to be a particular price
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tomatoes are $ 2 per pound.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ 2 āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
1.4
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
used for indicating who owns something or who it is meant for
Linking Verb: to be for sb | to be someone's
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
This book is for Tim.
āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
1.5
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
used for indicating how great the importance of something is to someone
Linking Verb: to be sth | to be [adj]
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Success is nothing without fulfillment in one's personal life.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to have an existence
Linking Verb: to be sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
There 's a rumor circulating about the new project.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The park is across the street.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
2.2
āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to have a presence
Intransitive: to be somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
There is a teacher in the classroom helping students with their assignments.
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to happen or take place
Intransitive: to be somewhere | to be point in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The annual festival is in July.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻž
used for talking about time
Linking Verb: to be a specific time | to be [adj]
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It was early morning when the ceremony started.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻž
used for talking about the weather
Linking Verb: to be [adj]
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Why is it so foggy near the mountains?
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ?
06
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
used in the perfect tenses to mean to go or visit
Intransitive: to be somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She has n't been to the museum since it reopened.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
6.1
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
used in the perfect tenses to mean to come or visit
Dialect
British
BritishIntransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Has the cleaning service been to tidy up the house?
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§?
07
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
used to express what someone has said
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
When I suggested a road trip, he was like, " That sounds amazing! "
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, "āĻāĻāĻž āĻ
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻā§!"
08
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(auxiliary) used with the present participle form of a verb in forming progressive tenses
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We will be waiting for you at the airport.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤
8.1
āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(auxiliary) used with the past participle form of a verb when forming the passive voice
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The decision was made by the committee.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
