Discover Action Words That Show What You Do Every Day!

You use action words every day when you talk about what you do! Action words are special words that tell us what people, animals, and things do. When you learn about common word types, action words are some of the most important ones you will discover.

Action words help you describe all the fun things you can do. You can jump, run, swim, and play. Animals do action words too - birds fly, bees buzz, and elephants trumpet!

Action words show movement or things you can do with your body. These words tell us what is happening. When you see the word "jump," you know someone is moving up and down. When you read "swim," you know someone is moving in water.

You can find action words everywhere in your day. You wake up, eat breakfast, brush your teeth, and walk to school. All of these are action words that show what you do!

When you read stories, you will see many action words. Look for words that show what characters do. If a story says "The cat runs fast," the word "runs" is the action word. It tells you what the cat is doing.

You can practice finding action words by asking yourself: "What is someone doing?" The answer will usually be an action word. This skill helps you understand complete sentences better.

Action Words: Special words that tell what people, animals, or things do, like jump, run, or swim.

Jump: When you push off the ground with your legs to go up in the air.

Run: When you move your legs very fast to go from one place to another.

Swim: When you move your arms and legs to go through water.

Fly: When birds or airplanes move through the air.

Buzz: The sound bees make when they move around flowers.

Climb: When you use your hands and feet to go up something like a tree.

Read: When you look at words and understand what they mean.

Throw: When you use your arm to make something go through the air.

Build: When you use your hands to make something, like a sandcastle.

Eat: When you put food in your mouth and chew it.

Stir: When you mix something around in a bowl with a spoon.

Flutter: When something moves lightly and quickly, like leaves falling.

Stomp: When you put your feet down hard and loud.

Trump: The loud sound an elephant makes with its trunk.

You can practice action words by acting them out! Try jumping, running in place, or pretending to swim. When you move your body, you are doing action words.

Look around your classroom or home and name action words you see. Watch people walking, writing, or eating. These are all action words you can collect and remember.

Action words work together with nouns to make sentences. Nouns name people, places, and things, while action words tell what those nouns do.

You will use action words when you learn about using common nouns and verbs and producing complete sentences together. Action words also help you understand question words like "What is the dog doing?"

As you grow as a reader and writer, you will learn about distinguishing verb shades of meaning and discover that some action words are stronger than others. This knowledge will help you with parts of speech grammar in sentences and matching noun verb agreement.

You are ready to learn action words! You already know many action words from talking and playing every day. Now you will learn to spot them in books and use them in your writing.