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Complex numbers/Real and imaginary part/Conjugation/Linearity/Exercise

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Prove that the functions

ℂ⟶ℝ,z⟼Re⁡(z),

and

ℂ⟶ℝ,z⟼Im⁡(z),

are ℝ-linear maps. Prove also that the complex conjugation is ℝ-linear, but not ℂ-linear. Is the absolute value

ℂ⟶ℝ,z⟼|z|,

ℝ-linear?