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| Link-Verbs of Being and Seeming | Link-Verbs of Becoming | Link-Verbs of Remaining |
| be young, old, strong, a teacher, a woman, etc | becomeold, clever, sad, a sailor, a student, etc | remainsilent, unmoved, untouched, friends, ene-mies, etc |
| seemtired, difficult, strange, etc | get dark, pale, tired, worried, etc | keep fine, warm, etc |
| look ugly, nice, funny; like a doctor, professor, etc | turn red, pale, yellow, etc | stay cold, good, well, etc |
| gomad, bad, etc | ||
| feel ill, hurt, foolish, un- comfortable, ashamed, etc | run dry, cold, etc | |
| fall ill, silent, asleep, etc | ||
| sound pleasant, strange, angry, etc | grow old, tall, small, grey, etc |
Ex 32 Open the brackets, using the correct form of the link-verb.
1. You (look) ill lately 1 What's wrong with you? 2. The weather (get) colder and colder. Winter is coming. 3. She nearly (go) mad when she learned the sad news. 4. I don't know why he always (turn) red, when her name is mentioned. 5. I (feel) unwell since this bad fall of mine. 6. As time went by he (grow) more and more worried. 7. Autumn is not around the corner. The leaves and grass (turn) red and yellow. 8. If you don't put the meat into the refrigerator immediately, it (go) bad in no time. 9. The work (seem) easy only before you try it. 10. Cole-man's blood (run) cold when he heard Rino say: "...as mad as Barney's Joe." 11. When you (become) a teacher, you will see for yourself what a difficult job it is. 12. When he returned home after the war, the first thing he noticed about his mother was that her hair (grow) completely grey. 13. It (grow) dark when we returned home. 14. The plan (not sound) very reasonable. 15. The women (fall) silent remembering the sad moment. 16. They had a bad accident but he (remain) unhurt.
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Ex 33 Answer the following questions, using the link-verbs given in brackets.
1. Why has he put on a warm coat? (become cold). 2. Why does she look older than her age? (grow grey). 3. Why did they decide to cut off this tree? (grow tall; dark in the room). 4. Why was he taken to hospital so suddenly? (fall ill). 5. Why have you switched on the light? (get dark). 6. Why don't you want to speak to her now? (look tired). 7. Why can't you wear the black suit? (get small). 8. Why doesn't he look at us? (feel ashamed). 9. What makes you think he is displeased? (sound angry). 10. Why doesn't she wear this hat? (look ugly). 11. Why can't we touch these flowers? (look beautiful; be harmful). 12. Why does the wood look so beautiful in autumn? (turn red, yellow; remain green).
