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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 232 · 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: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Manav (c) blue (d) bicycle
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) book (c) read (d) funny
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Karan
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Tara (d) painted
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) big (d) Vivaan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Neel (c) box (d) small
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) book (d) Yash
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Neel (c) kite (d) red
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) Farhan (d) book
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) paints (d) Ira
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) Tara (d) picture
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) opens (d) Arjun
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Riya (d) kicked
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Neel (c) reads (d) book
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) new (c) Aisha (d) buys

Answer key

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

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