Yes, the word 'discovered' is the past tense of the verb 'to discover', a word for the act of discovering, an action verb.
It is an action verb.
what follows a linking or action verb
Action verb
Tumbled is an action verb.
Quiet is an action verb.
Was discovered reflects passive voice. The verb shows no action.The verb does show action but the sentence doesn't tell us who did the action, compare with this active sentence:Charlie Brown discovered the north west passage to India.Or if you want, in a passive sentence you can put the agent (doer of the verb ) at the end of the sentence:The north west passage to India was discovered by Charlie Brown .(Sorry my history knowledge is not good)
It is an action verb.
Was discovered reflects passive voice. The verb shows no action.The verb does show action but the sentence doesn't tell us who did the action, compare with this active sentence:Charlie Brown discovered the north west passage to India.Or if you want, in a passive sentence you can put the agent (doer of the verb ) at the end of the sentence:The north west passage to India was discovered by Charlie Brown .(Sorry my history knowledge is not good)
Was discovered reflects passive voice. The verb shows no action.The verb does show action but the sentence doesn't tell us who did the action, compare with this active sentence:Charlie Brown discovered the north west passage to India.Or if you want, in a passive sentence you can put the agent (doer of the verb ) at the end of the sentence:The north west passage to India was discovered by Charlie Brown .(Sorry my history knowledge is not good)
No, the only way that the verb 'discovered' can be a linking verb is if the object of the verb is some form of the subject; for example, 'He discovered himself in the hospital.'The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object is a form of the subject (Mary is my sister. Mary=sister); or the subject becomes the object (My feet got wet. feet->wet).
The word "electricity" is the direct object in the sentence "Who discovered electricity?" The direct object receives the action of the verb, which in this case entails what was being discovered.
began is an action verb, not a linking verb.
"Sent" is an action verb. It shows an action, such as "she sent an email."
what follows a linking or action verb
It is an action verb.
action verb
Action verb