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Statement of Context/ Background of the topic under discussion.

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Consider the following two sentences: “Hunt ran down the road in a rush.” and “Rudy is downstairs.” Can you identify the verb in each aforementioned sentence? The first one was easy right? What about the second one?

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I bet you only saw verbs as “action words!” Is the verb “Rudy,” “is,” or “downstairs?”

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This presentation will follow the word class of verbs and how they are used in conjunction with location. This is called the locative copula.

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Too often we are told that verbs are “action” words and not “states of being” as well. Students therefore repeat this inaccurate definition of a verb and so they do not realize that without action, a verb can still stand in a sentence.

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The aim of  this presentation is to  briefly examine linking verbs which show location (locative copula) and to explain its usage to a non-technical audience . This will be explained using the aid of examples.

The Locative Copula

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