SPELLING CONTEST 2022-2023 VERBS LIST GROUP: 2nd grade

SIMPLE FORM GERUND CLUE WORD

1 ask asking To make a question.
2 avoid avoiding To try not to do something.
3 brush brushing To clean or neaten something.
4 change changing To make or become different.
5 clean cleaning To remove dirty.
6 climb climbing To go to the top of something.
7 collect collecting To bring things from different places.
8 comb combing To tidy your hair.
9 cook cooking To prepare food.
10 count counting To say numbers in order.
11 dance dancing To move the body with music.
12 do doing To take an action.
13 draw drawing To make a picture.
14 dress dressing To put clothes on yourself.
15 eat eating To put food into your mouth.
16 fight fighting To have a confrontation.
17 find finding To discover something.
18 fly flying To move through the air.
19 go going To travel to another place.
20 have having To possess something.
21 jump jumping To move up and down.
22 learn learning To get knowledge.
23 like liking To enjoy something.
24 listen to listening to To hear and pay attention to.
25 look looking To direct your eyes to see.
26 open opening To move a door to enter.
27 paint painting To create a picture.
28 participate participating To take part in an activity.
29 play playing To take part in a sport.
30 read reading To understand written words.
31 ride riding To travel on a bike.
32 rise rising To move up.
33 run running To walk fast.
34 see seeing To use your eyes.
35 serve serving To provide food or drinks.
36 shout shouting To say something very loud.
37 shower showering To wash your body.
38 sing singing To produce music with your voice.
39 sit sitting To be on a seat.
40 sleep sleeping To rest at night.
41 speak speaking To say something.
42 stand standing To be in a vertical position.
43 start starting To begin doing something.
44 swim swimming To move through water.
45 talk talking To speak to someone.
46 tidy tiding To make a place neat.
47 try trying To make an effort.
48 wake up waking up To stop sleeping.
49 wear wearing To have clothing oin your body.
50 win winning To come first in a competition.