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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 275 · 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: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) box (c) opens (d) Diya
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Aarav (d) ball
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Ananya (b) new (c) buys (d) toy
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Kabir (d) flies
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) Manav (d) wall
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Zoya (c) new (d) toy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Yash (c) eats (d) ripe
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Aarav (d) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) writes (d) Ishaan
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Kavya (d) wrote
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Kabir (d) new
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Aditya (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Riya (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Priya (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carries
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) new (d) Aarav
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) blue
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) mango (d) Isha
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) ball (c) big (d) kicked
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) Vivaan (c) big (d) box
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Dev (d) flew
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) Kunal
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode

Answer key

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

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