Download Action Verbs - Novoenglish

Type: Comprehensive Grammar
Title: Action Verbs
Level: Level 1
Tags: level 1, beginner, action verbs, subjects, object, linking verbs
NOTES TO TRAINER - These notes are for trainers only. They are not visible to learners.
SUGGESTED OBJECTIVES:
To identify the function of action verbs
To determine when a linking verb is being used as an action verb
Action Verbs
Action verbs describe an action done by the subject.*
The cook puts the crab in the
Some action verbs
boiling water.
need an object** to
receive the action. He buys the crab at the market.
There are also action
verbs that do not
need an object to
receive the action.
The water boils.
The guests arrive.
Linking Verbs That Can Be Action Verbs***
Some linking verbs can also function as action verbs. Here are some examples:
action verb
linking verb
She looks at the
food.
The food looks good.
We taste the soup.
The soup tastes delicious.
I feel the heat of the
bowl.
The hot bowl feels good on a
cold day.
*Please see Linking Verbs.
**Please see Functions of Nouns for a more detailed explanation of objects that receive an
action.
*** A similar topic is continuous and non-continuous verbs, in Non-Continuous Verbs.