10. Action Verbs

Incomplete Verbs or Verbs of Incomplete Predication require a complement of the verb to make complete sense of the sentence.

Examples:

The soup tastes delicious.

Here,

1. 'Tastes' is the verb of incomplete predication.
2. There is no action taking place.
3. There is no object.
4. But sentence is incomplete without the complement 'delicious' which is an adverb.

Features:

1. They as they don't require any direct objects.
2. They are a type of Intransitive verbs.
3. But they can't stand on their own like intransitive verbs.
4. They require a complement to make complete sense.
5. The complement usually is an adverb or noun or adjective or preposition.
6. They don't describe any action.

Examples:

1. The sky is blue.
2. He became an engineer.
3. They felt happy.