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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 419 · 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: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) heavy
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Vivaan (c) kicks (d) red
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) kite (c) flew (d) new
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) Dev (b) bag (c) big (d) carries
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Nisha (c) eats (d) mango
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) Nisha (b) flies (c) new (d) kite
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carried (d) Ira
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) opens
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) Yash (d) blue
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a small toy every day.” (a) Isha (b) toy (c) buys (d) small
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Isha (d) ate
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Ishaan (d) reads
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) draws (d) Myra
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Kunal (c) book (d) read
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Riya (d) happy
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) mango (d) Zoya
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Riya
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Karan (d) ripe
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) tall (d) Aisha
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Manav (c) big (d) carries
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks

Answer key

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

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