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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 225 · 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: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) buys (d) Tara
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a new kite every day.” (a) Ira (b) kite (c) new (d) flies
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Zoya (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rides
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Neel (c) ball (d) kicks
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flew (d) Diya
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a happy song every day.” (a) Ananya (b) happy (c) song (d) sings
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Diya (d) carries
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Kavya (d) small
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) Kavya (d) ball
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Diya
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Dev (d) carries
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Karan (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) Karan (d) opened
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Saanvi (d) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) Aditya (d) book

Answer key

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

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