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.
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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 canΒ buyΒ the devil himself.
- Call
Before I forget, there was aΒ callΒ from Italy for you.
- Catch
Try toΒ catchΒ some kip while you can.
- Clap
She’s a good singer. Let’sΒ clapΒ her on.
- Climb
Don’tΒ climbΒ a tree to look for fish.
- Close
CloseΒ your eyes and imagine you are in a forest.
- Cook (cooking terms)
Mother lit the gas and began toΒ cookΒ the dinner.
- Crawl
Don’t try to walk before you canΒ crawl.
- Cry
CryΒ with one eye and laugh with the other.
- Cut
Do notΒ cutΒ down the tree that gives you shade.
- Dance
If youΒ danceΒ you must pay the fiddler.
- Dig
You would have toΒ digΒ up the plant yourself.
- Dive
YouΒ diveΒ in first and test the temperature of the water.
- Do exercise
Do exerciseΒ every day and you’ll be back in condition.
- Drink
Can I have something toΒ drink?
- Eat
Other men live toΒ eat, while I eat to live.
- Fly
Don’tΒ flyΒ till you wings are feathered.
- Give
It is more blessed toΒ giveΒ than to receive.
- Hug
I just want toΒ hugΒ you so much right now.
- Jump
Is he going toΒ jumpΒ or is he only bluffing?
- Kiss
He gave her a lightΒ kissΒ on parting.
- Knit
I had endless hours toΒ knitΒ and sew.
- Laugh
You neverΒ laughΒ at my jokes!
- Listen
He refused toΒ listenΒ to her tearful pleas.
- Open
Pull this lever toΒ openΒ the gate.
- Paint
IΒ paintΒ a lot of pictures.
- Play
He would ratherΒ playΒ than work.
- Read
Only Tommy and I haveΒ readΒ the book.
- Ride
She learned toΒ rideΒ when she was seven.
- Run
If youΒ runΒ after two hares, you will catch neither.
- Take pictures
You can’tΒ take picturesΒ here without special permit.
- Sew
My mother taught me how toΒ sew.
- Shake
ShakeΒ the bottle well before use.
- Shout
When IΒ shout, give a haul on the rope.
- Sing
Learn to say before youΒ sing.
- Sit down
I just want toΒ sit downΒ and relax.
- Ski
I’ll teach him toΒ skiΒ myself, rather than leave him to the tender mercy of the skiing instructor.
- Sleep
Now I shall go toΒ sleep. Good night.
- Smile
If youΒ smileΒ when one is around,you really mean it.
- Stand up
You mustΒ stand upΒ when your name is called out.
- Study
A man shouldΒ studyΒ till his dying day.
- Talk
Who do you want toΒ talkΒ to?
- Think
I say little but IΒ thinkΒ the more.
- ThrowΒ
DonβtΒ throwΒ away the apple because of the core.
- Wait
Let’sΒ waitΒ till the rain stops.
- Walk
Don’t try toΒ walkΒ before you can crawl.
- Wash
Don’tΒ washΒ your dirty linen in public.
- WatchΒ
My father took me toΒ watchΒ the football every Saturday.
- Work
If the devil finds a man idle, heβll set him toΒ work.
- Write
The child is learning toΒ write.
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