List of Verbs: Learn Common Verbs in English with ESL Pictures!

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List of Verbs! In this lesson, you will learn common verbs in English: think, cry, laugh, hurt, smile, listen, fly, sleep… with ESL pictures.

List of Verbs

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• Think –  to use your mind to consider something, to form connected ideas, to try to solve problems, etc.
• Cry – to produce tears from your eyes because you are unhappy or hurt
• Laugh –  to make the sounds and movements of your face that show you are happy or think something is funny 
• Hurt – to cause physical pain to somebody/yourself; to injure somebody/yourself
• Smile – to make a smile appear on your face
• Eat –  to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it
• Swim – to move through water in a horizontal position using the arms and legs
• Climb  – (up) (something) to go up something towards the top
• Listen – to pay attention to somebody/something that you can hear
• Fly –  to move through the air, using wings
• Sit – to rest your weight on your bottom with your back vertical, for example on/in a chair
• Sleep – to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active
• Run – to move using your legs, going faster than when you walk
• Carry – carry somebody/something to support the weight of somebody/something and take them or it from place to place; to take somebody/something from one place to another
• Come – to move to or towards a person or place
• Drink  – to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it
• Go – to move or travel from one place to another
• Lead – to go with or in front of a person or an animal to show the way or to make them go in the right direction
• Ask – to say or write something in the form of a question, in order to get information
  
• Catch – to stop and hold a moving object, especially in your hands
• Cook –  to prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling, baking or frying it
• Bite – to use your teeth to cut into or through something
• Cut – to make an opening or a wound in something, especially with a sharp tool such as a knife or scissors
• Sing – to make musical sounds with your voice in the form of a song or tune
• Sew  –  to use a needle and thread to make stitches in cloth
• Throw – to send something from your hand through the air by moving your hand or arm quickly

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