Principal Parts, Tense, Action vs. Linking

Past: cross crossed

Present participle: visit (is) visiting

Past participle: discover (has) discovered

Past participle: repair (has) repaired

Present participle: operate (is) operating

Past: bake baked

Past participle: jump (has) jumped

Present participle: use (is) using

bury (present perfect) has or have buried

dance (future) will dance

worry (past perfect) had worried

hop (future perfect) will have hopped

What is the verb or verb phrase? Is it action or linking? The students seemed sick and tired of verbs. seemed-linking

Everyone was anxious for the dance. was-linking

She had grown beautiful orchids. had grown-action

We are never bored during lunch. are-linking

She could not smell the spaghetti sauce. could smell-action

Everyone looked exhausted after running the mile. looked-linking