Difference Between Linking And Helping Verbs, Definition and Examples Difference Between Linking Verb and Helping Verb In this lesson, we will examine closely the subject of “difference between linking verb and helping verb“. Verbs in English are divided into two, these are; verbs that report action and state. Verbs reporting action; go, come, stay, sleep etc. Verbs that report the state reflect sensation, perception and emotional states. For example; sad, happy, cheerful, angry, desperate etc. If we give an example from the verb “look”, we can better understand the linking verbs. Look is used to mean ‘see’ when the action