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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 376 · 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)? “Pooja writes a short letter every day.” (a) Pooja (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) big (d) Meera
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Ananya (b) eats (c) mango (d) ripe
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Manav (c) letter (d) writes
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Neel
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Rahul (d) song
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Kavya (d) flew
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) Zoya (d) opened
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) happily
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Neel (b) bag (c) carries (d) heavy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Diya (c) long (d) wrote
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) tall (d) Meera
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Arjun (c) flies (d) kite
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Rohan (d) read
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Zoya (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flies (d) Isha
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) long (d) Omkar
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Ananya (d) small
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) small (d) Dev
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) picture (d) Ira
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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