Action, Linking, Helping Verbs

A verb is a word that expresses action or state of being.

There are 3 types of verbs:
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs

Action Verbs can be mental or physical.

Physical
Dance, Sing, Paint, Giggle, Chew, Run, Swim

Mental
Think, Dream, Ponder, Remember, Believe

Examples:
Clyde sneezes with the force of a tornado.
Because of the spoiled mayonnaise, Ricky vomited potato salad all day.
She remembered to pick up bread at the store.
Sarah imagined what it would be like to be famous.

Linking Verbs - Connects the  subject of the verb to words that describe, label, or identify them.

Linking Verbs
These true linking verbs are always linking verbs: be [am, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc.], become, and seem.

Examples
She was happy
Mrs. Aday is a teacher

Then you have a list of verbs with multiple personalities: appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste, and turn.

Sometimes these verbs are linking verbs; sometimes they are action verbs. Their function in a sentence decides what you should call them.

Examples
My teacher appeared angry.
The room smells like pumpkin spice.

Linking Verbs are often preceded by predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives.

Predicate Nominative - noun or pronoun that follows a linking verbs and further identifies the subject.

Predicate Adjective - adjective that follows a linking verb and further identifies the subject.

Examples
Uncle Paul is your father’s brother.(nominative)
I felt lucky after the earthquake.(adjective)
Those boys are competitors.(nominative)