121 Action Charades Ideas

Applauding, combing, drilling, hiding, planting, shopping: the Act It Out deck is pure charades. These are 121 actions you can only get across by doing them. No props, no describing, just your body.

Action words are short and familiar, so they're ideal for young children, warm-up rounds and language learners practicing verbs.

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Action charades words (A–Z)

Applauding
Arbitrating
Attacking
Being Born
Biting
Breaking
Brushing Teeth
Building
Calling
Catching
Celebrating
Chewing
Choosing
Clapping
Cleaning
Climbing
Combing
Complaining
Controlling
Cooking
Counting
Crawling
Crying
Cuddling
Dancing
Delivering a Speech
Digging
Disappearing
Dodging
Doodling
Draining
Drawing
Drilling
Drinking
Driving
Exercising
Expelling
Fainting
Falling
Firing
Fixing
Flying
Folding
Forgetting
Freezing
Gasping
Getting Old
Getting Up
Getting Wet
Going Crazy
Golfing
Greeting
Hailing a Taxi
Hair Drying
Hand Washing
Hearing
Hiding
Ignoring
Ironing
Kicking
Kissing
Kneeling
Landing
Laughing
Laying Down
Leaning
Listening
Losing
Making Faces
Marching
Measuring
Meditating
Mixing
Mowing
Packing
Painting
Peeling
Photographing
Picking Up
Pinching
Planting
Playing
Pumping Gas
Pushing
Putting Down
Putting Makeup
Putting On Perfume
Reading
Resting
Rolling Over
Running Away
Saying Sorry
Scratching
Searching
Shaking
Shaving Your Beard
Shopping
Singing
Sleeping
Slipping
Smelling
Sneezing
Spilling
Spinning
Stamping
Stepping On
Stretching
Surprising
Taking a Selfie
Thanking
Throwing
Tying
Waiting
Watching TV
Waving
Whistling
Winking
Winning
Writing
Yawning
Yelling

How to act out action charades

Exaggerate. Big, slow movements are easier to read than small ones.
Set the scene first, then do the action.
If the guessers are stuck, freeze and repeat the key moment.

Best for: Kids, ESL classes and warm-up rounds.

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