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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 388 · 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: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) buys (d) Meera
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Sneha (d) heavy
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Kabir (c) funny (d) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Aisha
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Saanvi
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Rohan
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Priya (d) drew
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) new (d) Nisha
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Manav (d) ball
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Zoya (d) rode
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) colourful (c) draws
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Neel (b) juicy (c) eats (d) mango
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Kunal (d) carries
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Dev (c) short (d) letter
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) juicy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) new (c) book (d) read
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) new
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opens a big box every day.” (a) Kunal (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Ishaan (c) eats (d) mango
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Kunal (c) sweet (d) sings
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Kavya (c) bag (d) big
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Diya (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) Myra (d) mango

Answer key

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

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