Question

What is the linking verb in the sentence?

Mrs. Sherman always appears happy whenever we see her.



A.
see


B.
whenever


C.
appears


D.
happy

Answer 1

appears is the linking verb.

To test this, replace the linking verb with a form of "to be" (is, was, will be) if the sentence still makes sense, it is a linking verb. If the sentence doesn't make sense anymore, it is an action verb.

In this case:
"Mrs. Sherman always is happy when we see her" ( we would change "always is" to "is always" but it still makes sense)