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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 146 · 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.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Saanvi (d) wrote
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) sweet (c) sang (d) song
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) carries (c) bag (d) Meera
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) opens
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Aditya
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Saanvi (c) painted (d) wall
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flew (d) Priya
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) Priya (d) picture
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) wall (d) Riya
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Myra (c) new (d) bicycle
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Farhan
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Manav (d) short
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Yash (c) draws (d) picture
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Yash (b) eats (c) mango (d) ripe
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) big
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicked (d) Isha
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) new (c) flew (d) kite
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) Riya (d) ball
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) slowly

Answer key

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

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