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

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.

• 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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