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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 218 · 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: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Tara (c) flies (d) kite
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) Yash (d) kite
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Pooja
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Ira (d) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Ishaan (d) wall
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) letter (d) Dev
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) Pooja (d) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Yash (c) picture (d) draws
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Zoya
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) big (d) Saanvi
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Aarav (d) ate
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) Neel (d) reads
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Dev (d) red
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) box (d) Ira
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) long (c) letter (d) wrote
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) book (c) read (d) funny

Answer key

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

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