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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 190 · 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: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Vivaan
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Omkar (c) rides (d) new
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Rohan (c) heavy (d) carries
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) Karan (d) letter
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Arjun (d) ate
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar reads a funny book every day.” (a) Omkar (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Neel (c) paints (d) wall
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Dev (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) Neel (d) new
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Aisha (b) tall (c) paints (d) wall
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) wall (d) Rohan
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Kunal (d) wrote
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Ira
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Yash
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Sneha (c) colourful (d) picture
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) Nisha (d) bicycle
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) happy (c) sings
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) reads (d) Kabir
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Yash (c) big (d) picture
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Saanvi (d) book
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Saanvi (c) juicy (d) ate
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Ananya (c) bag (d) carries
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Karan (c) juicy (d) ate
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Arjun (c) carried (d) big
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Neel (c) ball (d) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Nisha (c) kicks (d) ball
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) new (d) Aditya
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) opened (c) small (d) box
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) paints (d) Meera
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red

Answer key

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

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