Action verbs show action!

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Transitive active verbs are action verbs.   Mark kicked the ball. The dog scratched its back. The wind rustled the leaves.  TRANSitive active verbs areaction verbs that TRANSfer their action to something or someone. The subject always performs the action with this kind of verb, the the verb's action is always transferred to someone or something.  Look at those example sentences again. Can you see that the subjects are performing the action? Can you see that the verbs are transferring their action? Good! The someone ore something that receives the action with these verb types is called the direct object (ball, back, leaves). Transitive verbs need direct objects. It's a fact. They are bound together like mac and cheese ar peanut butterand jelly.  So... let's review! In all of the example sentences, the subject (Mark, dog, wind) are doing something (kicking, scratching, rustling) to someone or something (ball, back, leaves).  All of those verbs show action, and...

 Intransitive complete verbs are action verbs.                                                      The boy laughed .                                                    My sister sneezed .                                                   My dog barked.   Do you know that the prefix in- means not? That is a helpful tidbit when it comes to understanding this verb type. INSTANSitive complete verbs do NOT TRANSfer action to anyone or anything. They show action, but they are complete all by themselves.  Notice that the boy didn't laugh something, and he was not laughed. That would be strange....

You're likely quite shocked to discover that action verbs show action. Okay, you probably already guesses that.  The question is, do you know what kinds of actions they show?  An intansitive verb doesn't transfer its action to someone or something. There is one type of intransitive action verb: intransitive complete verbs.  A transitive verb transfers its action to someone or something. There are two kinds of transitive verbs: transitive active and transitive passive.