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Verbs that are most often used are forms of be and verbs associated with the five senses. Look, sound, feel, smell, taste, seem, become, appear, grow, turn, prove, remain. Remember that the use of the word has to link the subject to a further description.

The man appeared to be Elvis.

The result was chaos.

By the way, these used to be referred to as copulative verbs.

Examples:

is

am

were (was)

became

is

seemed

smells

looks

sounds

are

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