English Vocabulary for Verbs of Movement

Learn Common Verbs of Movement in English

This is a lesson to help you learn common verbs of movement in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

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Match-the-Pairs Game

Memory Game

Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "verbs of movement" category. Choose your first letter to start. Show Instructions

Create Your Own Version of This Game

"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "verbs of movement" category:

• "walk","run","jump","swim","fly","climb","drive","ride","skip","crawl"

• To walk means to move on foot at a moderate pace.
• She likes to walk in the park.
• He walks to work every day.

• To run means to move quickly on foot.
• He runs every morning.
• She ran in the marathon.

• To jump means to push oneself off the ground and into the air.
• She jumped over the puddle.
• He likes to jump on the trampoline.

• To swim means to move through water by moving one's body.
• He loves to swim in the ocean.
• She swims every afternoon at the pool.

• To fly means to move through the air.
• Birds fly in the sky.
• He dreams of learning to fly a plane.

• To climb means to go up or ascend something.
• She loves to climb mountains.
• He climbed the ladder to fix the roof.

• To drive means to control a vehicle.
• He drives to work every day.
• She learned to drive last year.

• To ride means to sit on and control a bicycle, motorcycle, or horse.
• She loves to ride her bike.
• He rode his motorcycle to the beach.

• To skip means to move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
• She likes to skip down the street.
• He skipped through the park happily.

• To crawl means to move on hands and knees.
• The baby started to crawl.
• He crawled under the table to find his toy.

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