Which of the following sentences contains an action verb?
A. Pahom's wife seems jealous of her sister.
B. The Devil is happy about Pahom's boast.
C. The grain dealer mentions the Bashkirs.
D. Pahom becomes greedy for more land.
I think its D??
No.
Pahom = greedy
You are correct! Sentence D, "Pahom becomes greedy for more land," contains an action verb.
To identify action verbs in a sentence, we need to locate words that express an action, occurring either physically or mentally. In this case, the word "becomes" in sentence D indicates an action, as it describes Pahom's transformation into a state of greed.
In contrast, sentences A, B, and C do not contain action verbs. Sentence A, "Pahom's wife seems jealous of her sister," uses the linking verb "seems" to express a state of being or condition. Sentence B, "The Devil is happy about Pahom's boast," uses the linking verb "is" to describe the Devil's feeling. Finally, sentence C, "The grain dealer mentions the Bashkirs," uses the verb "mentions" to indicate the act of verbalizing something.
So, well done! You correctly identified sentence D as the one containing an action verb.