please help me: 
1.) Identify the underlined verb as action or state of being.
Cardinals are beautiful birds.
 o action
 o state of being
2.) Identify the underlined verb as action or state of being.
They have a distinctive alarm call when predators approach the nest.
 o action
 o state of being
3.) Identify the underlined verb as action or state of being.
We discovered that cardinals mate for life.
 o action
 o state of being