Physical Movement Verbs

noun a rough push or shove

verb to push, elbow, or bump against someone in a crowd

• The crowd began to jostle as they tried to board the train.
• People were jostling each other to get to the front of the line.
• I had to jostle my way through the packed concert crowd.
• The competing candidates continued to jostle for the top spot in the polls.

noun a name or title given to a person, place, or thing

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope

• During the game of Simon says, the leader gives commands for the players to follow.
• Let's play Simon says and see who can follow the instructions the fastest!
• Simon says jump! Now Simon says clap your hands!
• In life, it sometimes feels like we are all just playing a never-ending game of Simon says.