Most Common Action Verbs With Examples – Action Verbs for Daily Use

Action verbs are the action that we are performing in our day to day activities. Here in this post we are adding some of the most common and advanced Action Verbs for Daily Use. You might have used these words in your sentences but would be unaware of it. Let’s read the most common action verbs with examples. Learn and practice these action verbs with English Sentences.

Daily Use Action Verbs List – Action Verbs for Daily Use

Bathe

Bow
Buy
Clap
Climb
Close
Cook
Crawl
Cry
Cut
Dance
Dive
Dig
Dream
Drink
fly
Fight
eat

Give
Hug
Jump
Knit
Laugh
Listen
Read
Ride
Sew
Shake
Sit down
Sleep
Smell
Snore
Stand up
Talk
Think

Action Verbs With Examples

Bathe

The river is dangerous to bathe in.

Buy

Where can I buy a ticket?

Bow
Come, let us bow down in worship.

Clap
You cannot clap with one hand.

Climb
Can you climb the tree?
I like climbing mountains.

Cook
I can’t cook.
My hobby is cooking.

Close
Please close the door.
Close your eyes.

Crawl
The baby is crawling.

Cry
Don’t cry.
Are you crying?

Cut
Please cut my hair.
I just cut my finger.

Dream
I’ll dream about you.
Our dreams came true.

Drink
Do you drink coffee?
Don’t drink and drive.

Dance
Do you like to dance?

Dig
They dig a small hole in the sand.

Dive
He knows how to dive.

Eat
Can I eat this?
Have you eaten?

Fly
Let’s fly a kite.
This bird can’t fly.

Give
Give me a sign.
Give me a reason.

Hug
Can I hug you?
Why don’t you hug me?

Jump
Jump as high as you can.

Knit 
She knit him a sweater.

Listen
Listen carefully to what I say.
I tried to listen to him carefully.

Laugh
Don’t laugh at me.
Everybody laughed at me.

Read
Didn’t you read the book? 
He can read English easily.

Ride
I’ll ride my bike.
I can ride a horse.

Sew 
Do you know how to sew?
Did you sew this by hand?

Shake
Can I shake your hand?
Don’t shake the table.

Sit down
Please sit down for a while.
Let’s sit down and have a rest.

Sleep
Where do I sleep?
Let me sleep on it.

Smell
Can you smell it?

Snore 
He was snoring loudly.
What should I do if my wife snores?

Stand up
Will you stand up for me?
You can stand up for your right.

Talk
Who do you want to talk to?
Can I talk to you for a minute?

Think
Do you think I’m fat?
Do you think it’s my fault?