An active verb is transitive, when the action terminates on an object: but An active verb is intransitive, when the action does not terminate on an object; as, John walks.
An active verb expresses action; and The nominative case is the actor, or subject of the verb; as, John writes.
An active verb is transitive when the action passes over from the subject or nominative to an object; as, Richard strikes John.
When a noun is in the nominative case to an active verb, it is the actor.
It follows an active verb, whereas the preposition follows the neuter, and signifies by.
The most common form for expressing the imperative of an active verb is by its passive; e.
An active verb will (as was observed page 60) take i after it, to denote the object of the action.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "active verb" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
