Which type of verb expresses action performed by the subject?

• A. Linking verbs
• B. Action verbs
• C. Prefix
• D. Suffix

Answer: (B)

Action verbs show what the subject does. They describe actions, events, or activities carried out by the subject, such as run, write, eat, or think. For example, in a sentence like “The student reads daily,” reads is an action verb because it tells what the subject is doing. Linking verbs, on the other hand, don’t express action; they connect the subject to a description or state, as in “The soup tastes salty” or “She is tired.” Prefixes and suffixes are affixes that modify words, not verbs that convey an action. So the type of verb that expresses action performed by the subject is action verbs.