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ELT LIST: PARTIAL LIST OF LINKING OR JOINING VERBS (COPULATIVE)

1.) is/are–The learners are interested. The teacher is tired. God is love. Time is money.
2.) appear-The learners appear interested. The teacher appears tired.
3.) become–The learners become interested. The teacher becomes tired.
4.) feel–The learners feel interested. The teacher feels tired.
5.) look–The learners look interested. The teacher looks tired.
6.) remain–The learners remain interested. The teacher remains tired.
7.) seem–The learners seem interested. The teacher seems tired.
8.) grow–The teacher grows tired of the learners.
9.) prove–The teacher proves weary of all the workload.
10.) turn–Dictators turn tyrants.

ELT LIST: LIST OF KINDS OF PRONOUNS

1.) Personal Pronoun–I, we, you, he, she, it, they, my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs, me, us, him, her, them
e.g. I love you.

2.) Demonstrative Pronoun–this, that, these, those
e.g. Give these to the man. Give these clothes to the man.

3.) Indefinite Pronoun–all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, each one, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, least, many, more, most, much, neither, none, no one, nobody, nothing, one, other, several, some, somebody, something
e.g. Somebody must know something.

4.) Relative Pronoun–who, which, that, what, whose, of which, of that, of what, whom
e.g. The boy saw the girl who stole the candies. (This pronoun acts as the subject or object in a subordinate clause.)

5.) Interrogative Pronoun–who, which, what, whose, of which, of what, whom
e.g. Who stole the candies? (This pronoun begins an interrogative sentence.)

6.) Numerical Pronoun–one, two, three, etc., first, second, third, etc.
e.g. Two of the boys tackled the fifth.

7.) Reflexive Pronoun–myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves themselves
e.g. He loves himself. (This pronoun is used as an object.)

8.) Intensive Pronoun–myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
e.g. They, themselves, lack knowledge. They lacked knowlege themselves. (This pronoun is used to emphasize and is an appositive.)

9.) Reciprocal Pronoun–each other, one another
e.g. They love each other.