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

Answer key

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

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