plesaeee halp me before i get an F tomorrow..???

Question

please read the sentence and tell me which word is an action verb and tell me if its an mental action verb or a physical action verb.

13.Other Americans in the 1960 Olympics challenged their opponents, too.
14.Wilma Rudolph dazzaled the crowds in the track-and-field competetion.
15.Rudolph ran for gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter track events.
16.Al Oerter, an American discus thrower, domminated his event from 1956 to 1968.
17.Oerter claimed four gold medals for his accomplishments.
18.During practice in 1964, Oerter ripped the cartilage from his rib cage.
19.In bandages and ice packs, he competed despite his injury.
20.He threw for another Olympic record and his third straight gold medal.
21. That same year,American swimmer Dawn Fraser clocked an Olympic record in the 100-meter event.
22.Eight years later,American swimmer Mark Spitz achieved additional recognition for the U.S.A.
23.In Mexico City four years earlier,Spitz had promised himself six gold medals.

Answer 1

13. channenged- mental
14. dazzled- mental
15.ran-physical
16.domminated-physical
17.claimed-mental
18. ripped- physical
19. competed-physical
20.threw-physical
21.clocked- mental
22.achived-mental
23.promised-mental

Answer 2

13 Challenged. Mental
14 Dazzled : Mental
15 Ran : Physical
16 Dominated : Mental
17 Claimed : Mental
18 Ripped : Physical
19 Competed : Physica;
20 Threw : Physical
21 Clocked : Mental
22 Acheived : Physical
23 Promised : Mental

Answer 3

I'll give you the verbs - you decide the rest!
13 - challenged
14 - dazzled
15 - ran
16 - dominated
17 - claimed
18 - ripped
19 - competed
20 - threw
21 - clocked
22 - achieved
23 - promised

OK - nessy gave you more but you STILL have to decide if she's right about them all!

Answer 4

This is something you can easily do. Print out your question, then take a pencil and underline the verbs.
Then look at each one and figure out how you would do it.
What is the physical act of challenging? How would you demonstrate challenging someone? You can't, really, so it becomes a mental action verb.
When Rudollph ran - you could see him run. It was a physical action verb.
Go through each of these examples and decide for yourself which category the verbs belong in.
Some of them are not complete sentences - for example, number 22 needs the concluding section, 'achieved additional recognition for the USA .... when he (whatever achievement you want to plug in here)

Answer 5

13. challenged - physical
14. dazzled - mental
15. ran - physical
16. dominated - mental
17. claimed - physical
18. ripped - physical
19. competed - physical
20. threw - physical
21. clocked - physical
22. acheived - physical
23. promised - mental

Answer 6

Do your homework. Read your English grammar book or look up the definition of "verb" on Wikipedia or Dictionary.Com and do your homework.

Answer 7

13- is challenged and its both physical and action i think
14-dazzled physical i think
15.ran-physical
and im 2 lazy to do more =)

Answer 8

you've asked this question three times. im surprised people astucally will do your homeowork for you! by the way... what grade are u in? if your in 3rd grade or higher, then thats sad!

Answer 9

Learn how to spell. Do your own homework

Answer 10

action verb is what the person is doing