That is a gerund, which is a verb with an -ing ending. It acts as a verb showing ongoing action in a sentence, but requires the help of a linking verb.
"He was going to the store."
was + going
The noun 'is' is a verb, a form of the verb 'to be'. The verb 'is' functions as an auxiliary verb and a linking verb.
It is a Linking Verb. The word are is a conjugation of the verb "to be."
It is an action verb.
The verb 'is' is a form of the verb 'to be', a being verb as opposed to an action verb. The verb 'is' also functions as an auxiliary (helper) verb. The verb 'is' also functions as a linking verb.
The sentence in which the verb is a linking verb uses the verb to connect the subject of the verb to more information about the subject. The linking verb will not express an action.
Image is not an adjective. The verb to image has adjective forms imaging and imaged.
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