What are The Action Words? Action Words List and Example Sentences

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ACTION WORDS

What Are the Action Words?

Action verbs, often known as dynamic verbs, describe a physical or mental action. The action verb describes what the sentence’s subject is doing or has done. The function of action verbs in sentences and the purpose they serve can be better understood by looking at action verb examples.

Common Action Verbs

In the English language, there are a plethora of action verbs. A human, animal, or even an object can do anything using an action verb. Whether you want to know if a word is an action verb, look at the phrase and see if the word represents anything that someone can do, be, or feel. It’s an action verb if it’s something they can do (if it is something they can be or feel, it is a non-action, or stative, verb).

Act
Agree
Arrive
Ask
Bake
Bring
Build
Buy
Call
Climb
Close
Come
Cry
Dance
Dream
Drink
Eat
Enter
Exit

Fall
Fix
Give
Go
Grab
Help
Hit
Hop
Insult
Joke
Jump
Kick
Laugh
Leave
Lift
Listen
Make
March
Move
Nod
Open
Play
Push

Read
Ride
Run
Send
Shout
Sing
Sit
Smile
Spend
Stand
Talk
Think
Throw
Touch
Turn
Visit
Vote
Wait
Walk
Write
Yell

The examples below show how action verbs are employed in phrases; keep in mind that a sentence might contain many action verbs. In each sentence, the action verb is highlighted in bold. Remember that action verbs don’t always have to refer to physical movement; they may also refer to mental activity.

My old sister acceptedthe job offer.
He thoughtabout his stupid mistake in the final test.
Jonny visitedhis friend for a while and then went home together.
The bird fliesacross the yard.
She leftin a hurry without her phone.
She yelledat him when he hit his head.
The puppy satby the window.
Did you fix the mistake in your homework before sleep?
She waited for her friend at the mall all day.
She lay on the couch with her blanket and slept there all night.
Close the door right now!
The bird sings a lovely song every morning.
The teacher reads a historical book to her students then asks them questions about this historical book.

Action Verb Tenses

Action verbs differ from non-action verbs (stative verbs) in that they may be employed in several tenses, including the present, past, and future. Here are several examples:

Present tense: She eats when she is hungry.
Past tense: He ate his dinner alone last night at seven.
Future tense: We will eat lunch tomorrow at noon.

Present tense: My brother swims when it is too hot outside.
Past tense: Last week, we swam in the pool together for the first time with her.
Future tense: We will be swimming at the sea next week.