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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 298 · 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: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Pooja (c) ball (d) kicks
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Neel (d) painted
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Rohan (d) new
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) new (c) flew (d) kite
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Neel (d) writes
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Dev (c) flies (d) kite
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) toy (d) Rohan
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Ishaan (c) picture (d) drew
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carries (d) Omkar
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Aisha
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) picture (d) Diya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) draws (d) Riya
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Manav (d) carries
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Sneha (c) book (d) reads
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) opened (d) Aarav
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Vivaan
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Kavya (d) ripe
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) kite (c) flies (d) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) new (d) Ishaan
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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