In the sentence "these pebbles are like hundreds of small wheels." is like an verb if so action or linking?
No. The verb in this sentence is not "like." It's used as an preposition here.
Please look again to find the linking verb.
The verb is 'are'. Is there another verb? No. It would be a linking verb. *Remember that a helping verb helps another verb. And: A linking verb stands by itself.
'Like' in the sentence is not a verb.
so is are the verb and it's linking right? and pebbles is the subject
Correct.
In the sentence "these pebbles are like hundreds of small wheels," the word "like" is not a verb; it functions as a preposition. Prepositions are used to show relationships between other words in a sentence.
To determine if "like" is being used as a verb or a preposition, we can break down the sentence:
1. Subject: "these pebbles"
2. Verb: "are"
3. Complement: "like hundreds of small wheels"
In this sentence, "like" is a preposition that introduces a prepositional phrase ("like hundreds of small wheels") which acts as a complement. The preposition "like" shows the relationship between the pebbles and the "hundreds of small wheels," indicating that the pebbles share a similarity or resemblance with the wheels.
Therefore, "like" is used as a preposition, not a verb, in this sentence.