Determine if verb is linking verb.
1. This overflow became the Niagara River.
Ans. became is the linking verb
Right.
To determine if a verb is a linking verb, you need to understand its function in the sentence. Linking verbs are used to connect the subject of the sentence with a noun, pronoun, or adjective that renames or describes the subject.
In the given sentence, "This overflow became the Niagara River," the verb in question is "became." To analyze if it is a linking verb, you can perform a substitution test. Replace the verb with an appropriate form of the verb "to be" (such as is, am, are), and see if the sentence still makes sense.
If we substitute "became" with "was," the sentence becomes "This overflow was the Niagara River." It still makes perfect sense, as "was" also links the overflow to being the Niagara River. Therefore, in this sentence, "became" is acting as a linking verb.