This handout is available for download in PDF format. Active verbs are important components of any academic writing! Just as in other forms of writing, they work as engines, driving the action of your ...

You can’t even have a sentence or question without a verb! That’s how amazingly important verbs are. The workers are working. Working is a doing word. They work upon this building all day long.

So, let's spruce up your resume with a few action verbs and phrases that will catch the recruiters eye. When you created or wrote something... Acted, Adapted, Combined, Composed, Conceptualized, ...

There is a misconception that all verbs in a paragraph should be in the same tense. The choice of the appropriate verb tense depends on context and meaning.

The ball was kicked by Mr Brewer Take a look at this slideshow to learn more about passive verbs, and test what you've learned with the activity and quiz below. But if the sentence is ‘Roaring ...