Question: are being verbs and linking verbs the same?
Answer: Action verbs are different from linking verbs, which you can think of as “states of being” verbs. All forms of be are linking verbs: is, am, are, was, were, etc. In addition, verbs that have to do with the five senses are linking verbs: feel, look, smell, sound, and taste. ... A linking verb is not an action verb.