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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 422 · 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: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Aditya (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) small (d) Aarav
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Karan
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha paints a long wall every day.” (a) Isha (b) wall (c) paints (d) long
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) happily
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Dev
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Tara (c) picture (d) colourful
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) Vivaan (c) song (d) sings
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) flew (c) new (d) kite
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) toy (d) Farhan
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Saanvi
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opens a small box every day.” (a) Pooja (b) small (c) opens (d) box
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Tara (c) ate (d) juicy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Neel (c) book (d) reads
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) Manav (d) long

Answer key

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

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