In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. The nice part about this type of structure is that it lets your reader easily know who is doing the ...

Action verbs describe things we do or things that happen. Ted is playing football. The sun rose at six this morning. We use state verbs to talk about attitudes, thoughts, senses or belonging.

This handout is available for download in PDF format. Active verbs are important components of any academic writing! Just as in other forms of writing, they work as engines, driving the action of your ...