Action Verbs
Action verbs express an action whether physical or mental. An action verb tells us what the subject of the sentence is doing or has done. Looking at examples helps make it clear the function of action verbs in sentences and what purpose they serve. Some action verbs are physical actions: swim, jump, drop, whistle or mental actions: think, dream, believe, suppose, love.
He swims very fast.
The train whistles loudly.
I often think about the holiday.
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A | B | C | D |
accelerated | backed | calculated | debugged |
accomplished | baked | catalogued | decided |
achieved | balanced | categorized | defined |
acquired | banned | chaired | delegated |
activated | bargained | channeled | delivered |
adapted | battled | changed | demonstrated |
added | beautified | charted | derived |
adjusted | began | clarified | designed |
administered | believed | coached | detected |
allocated | benefited | coded | determined |
analyzed | bid | collaborated | developed |
annotated | billed | collected | devised |
anticipated | blended | communicated | diagnosed |
applied | blocked | compared | directed |
appraised | boosted | compiled | discovered |
appointed | borrowed | completed | discussed |
articulated | brainstormed | composed | dispensed |
assembled | briefed | competed | displayed |
assessed | broadcasted | computed | dissected |
assigned | broadened | conceived | distributed |
attained | budgeted | conducted | documented |
authored | built | confronted | drafted |
connected | dramatized | ||
consolidated | drove | ||
contacted | duplicated | ||
continued | |||
contracted | |||
coordinated | |||
corresponded | |||
counseled | |||
created | |||
critiqued | |||
convened | |||
E | F | G | H |
earned | fabricated | galvanized | handled |
effected | facilitated | geared | harnessed |
edited | faced | generated | headed |
educated | fashioned | governed | helped |
elicited | filed | granted | hired |
employed | financed | grasped | hosted |
employed | fixed | greeted | hypothesized |
encouraged | focused | grilled | |
endured | forecasted | grouped | |
enlisted | formulated | guaranteed | |
entertained | fostered | guided | |
established | found | ||
estimated | founded | ||
evaluated | framed | ||
examined | fulfilled | ||
expanded | functioned | ||
exchanged | |||
executed | |||
expedited | |||
exercised | |||
exhibited | |||
explained | |||
explored | |||
I | J | L | M |
increased | joined | launched | maintained |
insured | judged | learned | managed |
invented | justified | lectured | marketed |
influenced | jumpstarted | leveraged | mastered |
interpreted | juggled | licensed | matched |
inventoried | lifted | measured | |
informed | linked | mediated | |
intervened | listened | mentored | |
investigated | located | merged | |
initiated | logged | modeled | |
interviewed | lobbied | modified | |
inquired | looked | monitored | |
introduced | lowered | motivated | |
molded | |||
modernized | |||
mobilized | |||
mapped | |||
maximized | |||
manufactured | |||
moderated | |||
N | O | P | Q |
narrated | observed | participated | qualified |
navigated | obtained | perceived | quantified |
negotiated | offered | performed | questioned |
nominated | operated | persuaded | queued |
noted | optimized | planned | quoted |
noticed | orchestrated | prepared | |
nurtured | organized | prescribed | |
outlined | presented | ||
outsourced | presided | ||
overcame | processed | ||
overhauled | produced | ||
oversaw | programmed | ||
promoted | |||
protected | |||
provided | |||
publicized | |||
published | |||
purchased | |||
predicted | |||
R | S | T | U |
recommended | scheduled | tailored | undertook |
recorded | searched | tackled | unified |
recruited | selected | targeted | unlocked |
reduced | served | taught | unveiled |
reinforced | serviced | tested | updated |
regulated | shared | tracked | upgraded |
rendered | shaped | trained | uplifted |
repaired | simplified | transcribed | urged |
reported | solicited | transferred | used |
represented | solved | transformed | utilized |
reproduced | sought | translated | |
researched | specified | transported | |
resolved | stimulated | troubleshot | |
responded | studied | typed | |
restored | succeeded | tabulated | |
retained | suggested | terminated | |
retrieved | summarized | toured | |
reviewed | supported | triaged | |
revised | surveyed | triumphed | |
rewrote | supervised | traced | |
routed | synthesized | trimmed | |
systematized | tutored | ||
W | X | Y | Z |
waged | X-rayed | yanked | zeroed |
walked | Xeroxed | yearned | zipped |
welcomed | yelled | zoned | |
went | yielded | zoomed | |
whispered | yelled | ||
widened | yoked | ||
won | |||
withdrew | |||
withheld | |||
worked | |||
wove | |||
wrapped | |||
wrote |