Why do we torture kids with things such as “action verbs” or “non-action/passive verbs”? I can’t honestly recall any time in the military or business life when I had to worry about questions such as this. Literacy, of course, but I don’t even care if you know what a gerund is as long as you are able to speak and write/type your basic language clearly and precisely.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Okay. That’s cute.
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
Isn’t the other option called a “passive” verb? Example: I am a girl. “Am” is the verb and is NOT an action verb.
Linuxman37 over 4 years ago
Stative, state-of-being, verbs of being. These are all used to define non-active verbs. I am sure there are more.
Purple People Eater over 4 years ago
When I was in school, it was called a “state of being” verb.
Charles Hoeft over 4 years ago
homework hotline lady should block Ruthie’s number
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Yes “passive” is the right word. But then we would have no delightful comic today.
Ushindi over 4 years ago
Why do we torture kids with things such as “action verbs” or “non-action/passive verbs”? I can’t honestly recall any time in the military or business life when I had to worry about questions such as this. Literacy, of course, but I don’t even care if you know what a gerund is as long as you are able to speak and write/type your basic language clearly and precisely.