to be verbs or verbs of being are linking verbs or helping verbs. They are:
am is are was were have has had do did does think seem feel remain can could should would may might must smell taste
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No. There are paired verbs that have an idiomatic meaning, such as "get going" but otherwise only adverbs modify verbs.
there are thousands of verbs in the English language, and i don't have enough time to list them all.
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Be is neither transitive nor intransitive because it is not an action. Be, and all forms of it, can be used as linking verbs and as auxiliary verbs.
Action verbs and helping verbs work together to describe the state of or action of the subject. Some words that are helping verbs can be used as a main verb. Examples: Jack is a student. ('is' is the main verb in the sentence) Jack is walking to class. ('is' is the helping verb and 'walking' is the main verb in the sentence)