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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 281 · 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: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Aditya (c) read (d) funny
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Meera (b) eats (c) mango (d) juicy
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) Tara (d) kite
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Aditya (c) drew (d) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Aisha (c) ball (d) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a long wall every day.” (a) Aarav (b) long (c) wall (d) paints
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Kabir (c) rode (d) bicycle
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) Meera (d) kite
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Nisha
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Dev (d) happy
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Nisha (b) heavy (c) carries (d) bag
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) opened (d) Kavya
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) read (c) new (d) book
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Aditya (b) eats (c) ripe (d) mango
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) blue (d) Rohan
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) Dev (c) sings (d) song
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads

Answer key

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

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