Action Verbs! Following is a list of 50+ useful action verbs in English with the pictures and example sentences you should learn to expand your vocabulary words.
Action Verbs
List of Action Verbs
- Buy
- Call
- Catch
- Clap
- Climb
- Close
- Cook
- Crawl
- Cry
- Cut
- Dance
- Dig
- Dive
- Do exercise
- Dream
- Drink
- Eat
- Fight
- Fly
- Give
- Hug
- Jump
- Kiss
- Knit
- Laugh
- Listen
- Open
- Paint
- Play
- Read
- Ride
- Run
- Take pictures
- Sew
- Shake
- Shout
- Sing
- Sit down
- Ski
- Sleep
- Smile
- Stand up
- Study
- Talk
- Think
- Throw
- Wait
- Walk
- Wash
- Watch
- Work
- Write
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Action Verbs List with Examples
- Buy
Money can buy the devil himself.
- Call
Before I forget, there was a call from Italy for you.
- Catch
Try to catch some kip while you can.
- Clap
She’s a good singer. Let’s clap her on.
- Climb
Don’t climb a tree to look for fish.
- Close
Close your eyes and imagine you are in a forest.
- Cook (cooking terms)
Mother lit the gas and began to cook the dinner.
- Crawl
Don’t try to walk before you can crawl.
- Cry
Cry with one eye and laugh with the other.
- Cut
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.
- Dance
If you dance you must pay the fiddler.
- Dig
You would have to dig up the plant yourself.
- Dive
You dive in first and test the temperature of the water.
- Do exercise
Do exercise every day and you’ll be back in condition.
- Drink
Can I have something to drink?
- Eat
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
- Fly
Don’t fly till you wings are feathered.
- Give
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- Hug
I just want to hug you so much right now.
- Jump
Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?
- Kiss
He gave her a light kiss on parting.
- Knit
I had endless hours to knit and sew.
- Laugh
You never laugh at my jokes!
- Listen
He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
- Open
Pull this lever to open the gate.
- Paint
I paint a lot of pictures.
- Play
He would rather play than work.
- Read
Only Tommy and I have read the book.
- Ride
She learned to ride when she was seven.
- Run
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
- Take pictures
You can’t take pictures here without special permit.
- Sew
My mother taught me how to sew.
- Shake
Shake the bottle well before use.
- Shout
When I shout, give a haul on the rope.
- Sing
Learn to say before you sing.
- Sit down
I just want to sit down and relax.
- Ski
I’ll teach him to ski myself, rather than leave him to the tender mercy of the skiing instructor.
- Sleep
Now I shall go to sleep. Good night.
- Smile
If you smile when one is around,you really mean it.
- Stand up
You must stand up when your name is called out.
- Study
A man should study till his dying day.
- Talk
Who do you want to talk to?
- Think
I say little but I think the more.
- Throw
Don’t throw away the apple because of the core.
- Wait
Let’s wait till the rain stops.
- Walk
Don’t try to walk before you can crawl.
- Wash
Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.
- Watch
My father took me to watch the football every Saturday.
- Work
If the devil finds a man idle, he’ll set him to work.
- Write
The child is learning to write.
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