How do you know if a verb is a action verb?

Answer 1

A verb is an action verb if it is something that is happening, and that has some effect; for example, in the sentence "I walk to the store," walk is an action verb because the subject, I, is performing a task. In the sentence, "I am at the store," am is a being verb because it describes a state of being; the subject, I, IS as the store.