Question

Is teaches an action or linking verb in the following sentence "she teaches the child his or her lessons."

Answer 1

"Teaches" is always going to be an action verb. Examples of linking verbs include "is", therefore "teaches" is not an action verb. I hope I helped :)

Answer 2

Hello! Teaches is an action verb in the context of the sentence.

Some examples of linking verbs are is, was, are, were, etc...

Hope this helps! :)