Action Verbs

Action Verb

An action verb expresses an activity that a person or thing can do. For example:
1. Lee eats cake.
 (Eating is something Lee can do.) 

The bear chased the salmon in the
 shallow rapids. 

(Chasing is something the bear can do.)

    Compare those verbs with these: 
Lee likes cake.
 (To like is not an activity. It's a state.)
The bear is hungry.
 (To be is not an activity. It's a state.)