In English, as in most languages, there are some words of very common use that are irregular in this respect: as, good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; little, less[17], least; much, or many, more, most; and a few others.
VERB.
A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer.
There are three kinds of Verbs; Active, Passive, and Neuter Verbs.
A Verb Active expresses an Action, and necessarily implies an agent, and an object acted upon: as, to love; “I love Thomas.”
A Verb Passive expresses a Passion, or a Suffering, or the receiving of an Action; and necessarily implies an Object acted upon, and an Agent by which it is acted upon: as, to be loved; “Thomas is loved by me.”
So when the Agent takes the lead in the Sentence, the Verb is Active, and the Object follows: when the Object takes the lead, the Verb is Passive, and the Agent follows.
A Verb Neuter expresses Being, or a state or condition of being; when the Agent and the Object acted upon coincide, and the event is properly neither Action nor Passion, but rather something between both: as, I am; I walk; I sleep.