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Action verbs are the most common type of verb. In a sentence with an action verb, the subject does (or did, or will do) something.
The action taken by the subject often involves visible motion:
But some action verbs (called “mental action” verbs) express mental activity rather than physical motion:
Sentences with action verbs can be very short, because they may contain only a subject and a verb:
In the case of a command, the sentence may consist solely of an action verb, with the subject you understood:
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