This deck contains 108 action word cards, each including a picture representing the action and the action word in the past, present and future tense. Synonyms have also been included for some words.

When we say, ‘the basics’, we mean every foundational word for talking about action in day-to-day living and interacting. We didn’t want to just give you the 20 most common action words, but every action word we could think of for talking about movement, expression and interaction, and living life, to support a thorough and complete building of vocabulary.

THE WORDS IN THE DECK

Movement: bend, climb, drive, fall, fly, jump, kneel, lie, move, ride, run, sit, stand, stay, stop, turn, wait, walk.

Expression and interaction: agree, ask, blame, borrow, call, care, complain, cry, disagree, fight, follow, frown, give, help, hug, hurt, ignore, joke, laugh, lie, listen, love, meet, pretend, share, shout, show, sing, smile, talk, teach, thank, understand, whisper.

Living life: breathe, bring, build, buy, catch, change, choose, clean, close, come, cook, drink, drop, dry, eat, feel, find, finish, fix, focus, forget, guess, hate, have, hold, know, learn, leave, like, make, need, open, pick up, play, point, practise, pull, push, put, read, remember, sleep, smell, take, think, throw, tidy, touch, try, use, want, wash, watch, wear, work, write.