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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 396 · 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: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) Dev (d) bag
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Ishaan (d) drew
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rode
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Tara (b) carries (c) bag (d) heavy
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Sneha (c) book (d) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opens a small box every day.” (a) Myra (b) small (c) opens (d) box
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) Diya (d) bought
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) ate (d) Kunal
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) read (d) Ishaan
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) red (c) kicked (d) ball
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Aditya (c) wall (d) long
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) colourful (c) picture (d) Rahul
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Rohan
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) long (d) Priya
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a funny book every day.” (a) Tara (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Riya (c) kicks (d) big
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) Karan (d) kite
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Tara (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle

Answer key

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

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