Action Words for Kids: Run, Jump, Clap and Move (Kindergarten English)

Hi, I'm Luna from DoodleBeez. Today we are learning about action words. An action word tells what someone does. Can you stand up and wiggle? Wiggle is an action word!

Let's try some actions. Jump up high. Clap your hands. Stomp your feet. Jump, clap and stomp are all action words, because they tell what you are doing.

Animals do actions too. A fish can swim. A bird can fly. A frog can hop. A dog can run. Swim, fly, hop and run are action words.

We do actions every day. We eat breakfast. We read books. We sleep at night. Eat, read and sleep are action words too, even when we are not moving very fast.

Let's find the action word in a sentence. The cat naps. Which word tells what the cat does? Naps! The cat is a thing, and naps is the action.

Here is another one. The boy kicks the ball. Who is in the sentence? The boy. What does he do? He kicks. So kicks is the action word.

Now it's your turn. Which one is an action word: tree, swim or red? Think about which one you can do. Pause and try. The answer is swim. You can swim, so swim is an action word!

Great job! Action words tell what someone or something does, like jump, clap, swim and read. You found action words in sentences too. Practice action words in the English Lab at doodlebeez.com. See you next time!