No, the word 'never' is not a verb; the word 'never' is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb. Examples:
We have never had a dog.
He never saw the car coming.
It never did that before.
Is can be used as a linking verb and an auxiliary verb, but it is never an action verb.Linking verb: Sue is happy.Auxiliary verb: Sue is going to the store.
It is an action verb.
Was (past tense of be) can be used as a linking verb and as an auxiliary verb. It is never an action verb.Linking verb: Bob was a teacher before his retirement.Auxiliary verb: Sheila was driving when the tornado hit.Yes was is a linking verb and it is a past tense of be.
what follows a linking or action verb
Action verb
Is can be used as a linking verb and an auxiliary verb, but it is never an action verb.Linking verb: Sue is happy.Auxiliary verb: Sue is going to the store.
Example: Worrying never does anyone any good.
"Set" can function as both an action verb and a linking verb, depending on how it is used in a sentence. As an action verb, it denotes the action of placing or arranging something. As a linking verb, it connects the subject to a subject complement that identifies or describes it.
This is the future passive construction of "will postpone". "Postpone" is an action verb: its complement does not describe the subject. "The committee postponed their decision" - the decision is the object of the verb, not a description of the committee. Linking verbs are never transitive and thus they can never be passive.
It is an action verb.
"You have never quite forgiven her." Strip down the phrase by taking out unnecessary words and: "You have forgiven her." Subject: You (because you did the action) Verb: have forgiven Indirect Object: her (because the action [verb] was done to her)
Was (past tense of be) can be used as a linking verb and as an auxiliary verb. It is never an action verb.Linking verb: Bob was a teacher before his retirement.Auxiliary verb: Sheila was driving when the tornado hit.Yes was is a linking verb and it is a past tense of be.
The verb "had" by itself is an active verb, the past tense for to have. "Had" by itself is never a linking verb, but with past participles of other verbs, both action and linking, it forms a past perfect tense of the other verb.
This is the future passive construction of "will postpone". "Postpone" is an action verb: its complement does not describe the subject. "The committee postponed their decision" - the decision is the object of the verb, not a description of the committee. Linking verbs are never transitive and thus they can never be passive.
began is an action verb, not a linking verb.
"Sent" is an action verb. It shows an action, such as "she sent an email."
That sentence does not have a direct object. The verb needs to be transitive (a type of action verb) for the sentence to contain a direct object. "Is" is never a transitive verb because it's not an action. "Is" is a linking verb in that sentence.