Read the following sentences.
1. As we watched, the buzzer sounded for the second half.
2. The human soccer players sounded excited about the robots.
Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb in each sentence?
A
В.
sentence 1: auxiliary
sentence 2: linking
sentence 1. action
sentence 2: linking
sentence 1: action
sentence 2: auxiliary
sentence 1: linking
sentence 2: action
C.
Sentence 2: Can't tell. It depends on what is underlined. sounded is an action word (again). sounded is always a verb. Excited is an adjective, not a verb.
