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.
"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)
"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.
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.
action verb because you did this action (sent)
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.