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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 325 · 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: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) juicy (d) Nisha
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Kunal
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) Rahul (c) book (d) reads
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Priya
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) small (d) Myra
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Ira (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Ira (c) ball (d) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Myra (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a funny book every day.” (a) Meera (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) Pooja (c) book (d) new
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) book (d) Aarav
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) opens (d) Riya
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Riya (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flies a red kite every day.” (a) Manav (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Manav (c) heavy (d) bag
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) carried (c) bag (d) heavy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Priya (c) opens (d) box
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) short (d) Arjun
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Kabir (d) sings

Answer key

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

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