Linking<span> verbs never express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the </span>verb<span> to a noun or an adjective that either renames or describes the noun, pronoun or noun phrase that acts as the subject. From the sentence given, I think there is no linking verb. Hope this helps.</span>
subordinate or dependent clause
I think the correct answers from the choices listed above is the first and the last options. The movements that <span>Doris Lessing associated with during her life are communism and feminism. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day.</span>
Answer: (Use this as an example for the second one) "Some animals live in harsh conditions."
Explanation:
Small mice fit nicely into coat pockets.
The complete predicate in this sentence is "fit nicely into coat pockets."
This is because a sentence is made up of two halves: the complete subject and the complete predicate. The latter of these two makes up the part of the sentence that <em>describes</em> the subject, or what the subject is <em>doing</em>.