D-His hours <u>are </u>long and busy. This is the sentence in which the verb is a linking verb. See the underlined word. " To be" is the verb. This is a linking verb because it <em>links </em>or connects the subject: <em>His hours</em> with the adjectives from the predicate: <em>long and busy</em>. The verb "to be" has no meaning by itself. If we put a question to the sentence to get " to be " as an answer, we will ask: What<em> are </em>his hours like?. The answer will not focus on " to be" but on " His hours". Compare with the following:
A- He <u>works</u> at a gas station. The verb " to work" has meaning by itself. We can ask a question to get " works" as an answer: What does he do at the gas station? Therefore, "To work" does not link parts of the sentence , it just tells what a person does. It is a dynamic verb performed by a pesron.
B. His boss <u>pays </u>him well. "To pay" has its own meaning and it can be the answer to: What does his boss do to him? A person pays to somebody. This is also a dynamic verb performed by people.
C. He has <u>walked</u> to work from his house. " To walk" is also a dynamic verb; it has got meaning by itself and it can be the answer to: How has he got to work from his house?
The rising action in the book is when the fire goes out and ralph gets mad at jack who then starts fighting with Ralph alot. The climax of the book is when Jack kills Simon. The falling action in the novel is when piggy died and the tribe started to go after Ralph to kill him.
