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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 358 · 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: Myra ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Aditya (b) buys (c) new (d) toy
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Kunal (c) big (d) ball
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) Rohan (d) book
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Manav (c) bag (d) carried
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) heavy
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Diya (c) wrote (d) long
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) big (c) Neel (d) picture
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) slowly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra writes a short letter every day.” (a) Myra (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Kunal (d) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Kavya (d) drew
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) book (d) Myra
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) sang (c) happy (d) song
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) wall (c) painted (d) tall
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Aditya (c) rides (d) bicycle
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) new (d) Rohan
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Tara (b) sings (c) song (d) sweet
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Ananya (b) picture (c) draws (d) big
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Aisha (b) wall (c) long (d) paints
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) Zoya (d) song
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Kabir (d) tall
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Dev (c) ball (d) kicked
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Zoya

Answer key

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

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