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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 303 · 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 box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) happily
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flies a red kite every day.” (a) Dev (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) Sneha (d) kite
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Pooja (d) wrote
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Neel (c) ball (d) kicked
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Kabir
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Rohan
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) new (c) Meera (d) bicycle
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) draws (d) picture
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) big (c) Vivaan (d) box
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) wall (c) long (d) painted
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) happy (c) sings
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Nisha
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Rahul
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Ira (c) writes (d) letter
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Ishaan (c) book (d) read
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Ananya (c) bag (d) carried
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Saanvi (d) drew
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) book (d) Sneha
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) blue (c) Myra (d) bicycle
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Omkar (c) ripe (d) ate
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) reads (d) Ananya

Answer key

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

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