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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 226 · 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 toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Rahul (c) sweet (d) song
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) Saanvi (c) box (d) opens
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Karan
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) ball (c) kicked (d) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Myra (d) small
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Aisha
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) drew (d) Meera
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Rohan (c) ripe (d) eats
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flew (d) Saanvi
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Omkar (c) new (d) reads
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Karan (d) wrote
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Tara
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Rohan (c) book (d) read
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) kicked (c) big (d) ball
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) happy
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Tara (c) blue (d) rode
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Kunal (c) sang (d) sweet
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Sneha
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Ananya

Answer key

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

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