Which sentence contains an action verb?

1. Some Roman citizens grew unhappy with their emperor.

2. Many Romans were happy about their emperors accomplishments.

3. Some romans thought very highly of their emperor.

4. Some citizens became angry about Roman politics.

The sentence that contains an action verb is, 'Some Romans thought very highly of their emperor.'

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

An action Verb is a verb which is used to express the 'actions' of a subject. Now this action can either be physical one or mental one explaining us what the subject is doing.

In the sentence, Some Romans thought very highly of their emperor' we can say that the action Verb is 'thought.' Thought expresses Romans act of mental thinking.

If we take a look at other options mentioned, we can notice that they've used words such as 'grew unhappy', 'were happy', 'became angry' these words expresses the emotions and not actions. Thus, Option 3 contains an action verb which is 'thought.'