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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 361 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Ira (d) flies
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Isha (d) kicks
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Yash (d) draws
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Rohan (b) picture (c) colourful (d) draws
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) colourful
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carried (d) Neel
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) slowly (c) eats
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Karan (c) big (d) picture
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) Aditya (d) song
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Rohan (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Yash (c) kicks (d) red
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Arjun (c) red (d) flew
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Ananya (c) box (d) opened
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) tall (c) painted (d) wall
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Arjun
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Myra (d) mango
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Arjun (c) carries (d) big
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sings a happy song every day.” (a) Arjun (b) sings (c) song (d) happy
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Rohan
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) book (c) new (d) read
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red

Answer key

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

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