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Action Verbs: List of 50+ Useful Action Words with the Pictures!

Action Verbs: List of 50+ Useful Action Words with the Pictures!

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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

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.

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

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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