Verb Wheel: Spin an Action Word

Verb wheel with 16 action words, from jump to whisper. Spin a verb to act out, use in a sentence or practise a tense in class.

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Charades

On this wheel

Jump
Run
Swim
Dance
Sing
Laugh
Climb
Build
Paint
Read
Write
Cook

Why use a verb wheel

Sixteen action verbs are on the wheel. Spin one and act it out, use it in a sentence, or say it in the past and future tense.

Practise a verb in three tenses
Students spin a verb and say it in the past, present and future.
Act out the action
The whole class does the verb the wheel picks, for ten seconds.
Mime a verb for others to guess
One student spins in secret and mimes it.

This wheel wears the Spin Class theme: gym floor: rubber mats, chalk dust, a kettlebell hub and a stopwatch. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the verb wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own verb picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 16 entries on the verb wheel

Jump
Run
Swim
Dance
Sing
Laugh
Climb
Build
Paint
Read
Write
Cook
Fly
Throw
Catch
Whisper

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a verb?

A word for an action or a state: jump, sing, think, be.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own verb picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.