Action Verbs

Action verbs are words that show what someone or something does. They tell us about actions or activities. There are two main types of action verbs:

Physical Actions: These verbs describe things you can see someone doing, like “run,” “jump,” “eat,” and “write.” For example, “She runs fast” tells us about a physical action.
Mental Actions: These verbs describe things happening in the mind, like “think,” “believe,” “imagine,” and “understand.” For example, “He thinks deeply” tells us about a mental action.

Action verbs change depending on who is doing the action and when it happens. For instance, “I walk” and “she walks” show the same action but with different subjects.
Some action verbs need an object to complete their meaning. For example, in “I eat an apple,” “eat” is the action verb, and “an apple” is the object.
Action verbs can also show actions happening right now, like “I am running” or “She is sleeping.”
You can use words like “quickly” or “carefully” to describe how an action is done. For instance, “She eats quickly” tells us how she eats.