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Is the underlined verb in sentence an action or a being I have been hungry all morning.?

The underlined verb in the sentence "I have been hungry all morning" is "have been". This is a being verb because it describes a state of being rather than an action.

Here's why:

* Action verbs describe actions that someone or something does (e.g., run, jump, eat).

* Being verbs describe states of being or existence (e.g., is, are, was, were, am, have been, will be).

In this case, the sentence is describing the speaker's state of being hungry.

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