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A helping verb is an informal term for an auxiliary verb, which combines with a main verb to help it express tense, mood and voice.

The primary helper verbs are to be (is, was, will be), to have (has, had), and to do (do/did).

Other modal verbs include do/did, can/could, may/might, will/would, shall/should, must, and ought to.

*(have is alone as an action verb when it means possess, as is do when it refers to another action)

An action verb is a verb of doing. Something is done or experienced.

e.g. walk, talk, see, bring, move

A linking verb is not an action verb. It connects things or characteristics.

e.g. is, becomes, seems, feels (is)

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