Here's why:
* Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that describes or renames the subject.
* In the sentence "It seems cold," "seems" connects the subject "It" to the adjective "cold," describing the state of "It."
Other examples of linking verbs include:
* is
* are
* was
* were
* become
* appear
* feel
* look
* smell
* taste
* sound