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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 126 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a long letter every day.” (a) Isha (b) writes (c) letter (d) long
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) heavy (d) Aditya
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera draws a big picture every day.” (a) Meera (b) draws (c) big (d) picture
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Kabir
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Ananya (d) small
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) new (c) Neel (d) buys
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) blue
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) Kunal (c) box (d) opened
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a new book yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) new (c) book (d) read
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Meera (c) kicks (d) ball
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Kabir (c) small (d) toy
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Neel (c) wrote (d) short
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Farhan
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Tara (d) new
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) long (c) letter (d) wrote
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Rohan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Zoya (c) ball (d) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) wall (c) painted (d) tall
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Kabir
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) reads (c) Dev (d) book

Answer key

  1. writes
  2. carries
  3. draws
  4. rode
  5. carries
  6. draws
  7. carries
  8. bought
  9. draws
  10. eats
  11. writes
  12. carries
  13. kicks
  14. buys
  15. opens
  16. rode
  17. eats
  18. kicks
  19. opened
  20. sings
  21. read
  22. kicks
  23. carries
  24. writes
  25. kicks
  26. bought
  27. reads
  28. wrote
  29. buys
  30. ate
  31. eats
  32. rides
  33. wrote
  34. rides
  35. ate
  36. kicks
  37. sang
  38. painted
  39. writes
  40. reads

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