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Indicate whether the highlighted verb is used as a linking verb:

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1. Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.
   • 1.1 linking verb
   • 1.2 not a linking verb
2. The oenophile tasted several types of Beaujolais.
   • 2.1 linking verb
   • 2.2 not a linking verb
3. Francine grows prize-winning dahlias.
   • 3.1 linking verb
   • 3.2 not a linking verb
4. The cheesecake tastes delicious.
   • 4.1 linking verb
   • 4.2 not a linking verb
5. After smoking three cigars, Bridget turned green.
   • 5.1 linking verb
   • 5.2 not a linking verb
6. The cat fastidiously smelled the dish of food placed before it.
   • 6.1 linking verb
   • 6.2 not a linking verb
7. The flowers always grow quickly during a sunny summer.
   • 7.1 linking verb
   • 7.2 not a linking verb
8. The stew that Gordon made smells too spicy to me.
   • 8.1 linking verb
   • 8.2 not a linking verb
9. Walter was annoyed because Sophy turned the corner too quickly.
   • 9.1 linking verb
   • 9.2 not a linking verb
10. Lester B. Pearson was a prominent twentieth-century politician.
    • 10.1 linking verb
    • 10.2 not a linking verb

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