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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 179 · 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: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Manav (d) new
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Riya (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Manav (c) mango (d) eats
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Kabir
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) blue
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a new book yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) new (c) book (d) read
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Kabir (d) read
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opens a small box every day.” (a) Kabir (b) opens (c) box (d) small
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) big (d) Isha
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Kabir (c) mango (d) eats
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Nisha (c) song (d) sang
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) big (d) Manav
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Myra (c) letter (d) wrote
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Ishaan
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Rohan (c) song (d) sang
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Omkar (c) wall (d) long
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) new (c) toy (d) bought
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) new (d) Priya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) juicy (d) Tara
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws

Answer key

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

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