| Term | Definition |
| to poke | Be careful with that umbrella, or you'll ...someone in the eye. |
| to tap | Hey Paul, she said ... him on the shoulder. |
| to tickle | Mummy, this blanket ... . |
| to smack | To bed now, or I' ll ... your bottom! |
| to pat | Mrs Dodd gave the child a ... on the head. |
| to beat | In those days children were ... at school. |
| to scratch | Try not to ... those mosquito bites. |
| to punch | He swung round and ... me hard in the stomach. |
| to stroke | He reached out and ... her cheek tenderly. |
| to point | I could see him ... at me and telling the other guests what I had said. |
| to nudge | "Look!" Benjamin ... his mother. "There's my teacher, Miss Watts." |
| to fidget | Donna began ... with her pencil. |
| to shrug | She didn't know the answer. She ... and turned away. |
| to shake his head | He didn't reply, but just ...his head. |
| to shiver | Juanita was ... with cold. |
| to kneel | We ... on the floor to have a good look at the map. |
| to rub | You'll have to ... harder if you want to get it clean. |
| to blush | I ... to think of the things I did when I was younger. |
| to leap out of hy's way | Brenda ... the gate and ran across the field. |
| to slump | After the four-hour exam, he sat for a few minutes ... in his chair. |