Question

In which of the following sentences is the word run used as an action verb? A. Michelle runs every day at five o'clock. B. Carly had a runny nose and a cough. C. Mark competed in the five-mile run. D. Eric put Ginger in the dog run before he went out.

Answer 1

.A. because action words describe the action or doing of something. In the sentence Michelle runs every day at five o'clock. Run is the action word because it is describing what she is doing.

Answer 2

The sentence that uses the word "run" as an action verb is:

A. Michelle runs every day at five o'clock.

Step-by-step explanation:

An action verb is a verb that is used to express mental or physical activity. In other words, it is used to give action to a subject. So we not only modify the sense of the subject to qualify it as a special object like the subjects in the case of B, C, and D options. Instead, it is used to communicate that the subjects running not that it is qualified as a "run" object. An example of this is: runny nose vs. Michelle runs every day.