English Action Verbs Flashcards
Kick
If you can play a game like a soccer you can kick the ball.
Flick
We can use our fingers to flick things. From a misquote laid on me I could flick it away.
Skip
Sometimes little kids will also skip
Punch
Yank / Tug
-In a winter in Canada sometimes the doors towards vehicles freeze shock and you need to yank on the door to get it open, that means you need to pull really hard on it.
-we also have another verb to tug, we have to tug on a door to get it open.
Open your eyes
Blink
Close your eyes
When you go to bed at night you close your eyes so you can fall sleep
Stare
When some one does sth you do’nt like you might stare at them that means you just keep looking at them directly for a long time.
Cover your eyes
Sneeze
If you are sick you sth sneeze
Sniff
You can use your nose to sniff
Plug your nose
May be before you plug your nose you sniff and you smell sth that doesn’t smell very good.
Wiggle your nose
Kiss
Chew
Obviously when you eating food you are going to use your mouth to chew
Cough
We used to cover our mounth when we cough
Lick
When you have an ice-cream cone you can lick the ice-cream
Plug your ears
Cover your ears
- If you are somewhere really load you might plug your ears or
you might cover your ears
Cover your ears
Wink
If you like someone you might wink at them
Nod
If you agree with someone you can nod
A nod or to nod means yes
Shake your head
When you disagrew with someone
When you shake your head It means no
Pick your nose
Sometimes adults and little kids put their finger in their nose and they pick their nose
Blow your nose
Sometimes when you are not feeling well
You need to blow your nose
Talk
Speak
Whistle
Sing
Whisper
Hum
Pull someone ears
When I was a kid my grandmother used to pull on my ears when I was bad that wasn’t very nice
Cup your ear
When you having problem hearing someone you can cup your ear so when you cup your ear with your hand it makes it easier to hear somebody
Pinch
You can pinch someone that’s one you grab the skin. It’s not very nice when you do this.
Poke
You can poke someone with your finger when you have a question
Punch
You can punch someone. It’s not very nice but if you see a boxing match, you will see they punching each other.
Slap
I was pretending there was a mosquito on me.
Pull
When you pull on sth you try to make it to come towards you
Push
When you push on sth you try to make it go away from you.
Snap your fingers
When you snap your fingers makes a really cool sound
Point
I wanted you to go over there I could point over there to let you know
Gesture
We can use our fingers to make really bad gestures
Swat
Speaking of misquotes, if there were misquotes find around you right now I could swat them. When we do this with your hands you are swatting.
Clap
When we really like a performance we clap. When someone does a good job. Playing, music or performing in a play
It also calls plause ?
Shake hands
We used to shake hands with people
Bump elbows
Shaking hands is no longer considered to be a good thing to do because of pretty disease. Now we bump elbows.
Wave
When you see someone you know you sometimes wave to them.
Hay how are you doing?
Tickle
Some times you want to tickle some one
If you know someone really well or a little kid you might tickle them. That’s when you kind of do this with your hand and I
it makes them giggle. I am a very ticklesh person. I do not like to be tickle.
Rub
When you do this with your hand you are Rubbing
To rub
Squeeze
When you grab sth like your arm and then squeeze your arm
Pet
past tense, past participle ˈpetted
1 to stroke or caress (an animal) in a loving way: The old lady sat by the fire petting her dog.
نوازش کردن
2 (slang ) to kiss, hug and caress: They were petting (each other) in the back seat.
در آغوش گرفتن و بوسیدن
Dance
Shrug
If you don’t know sth you can use your sholders to shrug, if the teacher asks you question and you don’t know you the answer you can just say; I don’t know.
Hug
If you like the person you just put your arms around them so that they know that you like them.
Trip / Slip
-If I was walking along and there is sth like a brick here I might trip on it.
So when you trip on sth it means to walk into it.
So to trip means; you are walking to sth.
-If however there was some ice here and I was walking along and I slept on it. That would be how you use the verb slip.
To slip means; you are on sth sliping.
Jump
Squat
You can look at sth on ground
