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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 177 · 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: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Isha (d) reads
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Riya (c) box (d) small
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) bought (c) toy (d) Arjun
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) Myra (d) song
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Dev (c) letter (d) wrote
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Myra (c) rode (d) bicycle
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) new (c) kite (d) Omkar
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Isha (c) bicycle (d) rode
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Manav (c) letter (d) short
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Dev (c) draws (d) colourful
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) red (c) flew (d) kite
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Dev (d) ate
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Karan (d) big
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Saanvi (d) long
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) carries (c) bag (d) Yash
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Neel (d) big
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Pooja
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) small (c) opened (d) box
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Vivaan

Answer key

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

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