Action Verbs

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Action Verbs

• English Composition and Rhetoric
• (Period 5)
• Jane Jang

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What is Action Verbs?

• A verb states something about subject of the
  sentence and express actions, events, state of
  being.
• Action verbs describes an act or activity.
• Ex. Play, run, drop
• The actions may be physical or mental.

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Action verbs Physical VS Mental

• Physical
• Write
• Jump
• Sit
• play
• Cry
• Eat
• Swim

• Mental
• Think
• Want
• Love
• Hate
• Like
• Guess
• Have

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About Action Verbs

• Action verbs can be actions that you cant see.
• Ex. She thought about her puppy.
• Action verbs are time telling verbs.
• Ex. My dog runs faster than yours. (present)
• Yesterday, he ran around the block. (past)
• Tomorrow, he will run in a race. (future)
• Action verbs can be alone in a sentence as a main
  verb.
• Ex. My kitten fell into the pond.

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Rules to remember!

• I think
• You think
• He/She thinks
• We think
• They think
• You (all) think

(Present) Playing Add ing at the end of action
verb (Past) Played Add ed at the end of action
verb (future) will play Add will before the
action verb (Present perfect) Have/Has played Add
had/has before the action verb and a past
participle form follow after ( Ex.
Do---Did---Done) (Past perfect) Had Play Add had
before the action verb and a base form follow
after
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Example I

• He is looking at the mirror all day.

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Example II III

• He danced in front of his friends last night.

He sang at the contest last year.
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Example IV

• He drew his girlfriend for her birthday.

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Example V VI
He and his friend likes to eat ice cream with
banana.

• He will bring a hamburger for lunch
  tomorrow.

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Example VII VIII

• He is taking a shower in
• his new bath tub.

He feels like he is lost in the library.
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Example IX X
He hasnt brushed his teeth since last week.
He is catching jelly fish with his net.
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The End