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The part of speech for am is verb. It's the present tense, 1st person singular form of the verb 'be'. It can be either a helping verb or a linking verb. It depends on the sentence:

Linking verbs link the subject and what describes the subject (predicate noun/adj)

Ex: I am the king.

am is a linking verb because it links king (predicate noun) to I (subject)

The predicate noun describes the subject.

King describes I.

Helping verbs are followed by an action verb or a linking verb.

Ex: I am writing a story.

am is a helping verb because it is followed by an action verb.

The action verb describes what the subject is doing.

Writing describes what I am doing.

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