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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 436 · 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: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Riya (c) flies (d) new
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Meera (d) ate
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) Aisha (d) opened
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Vivaan
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) Farhan (d) tall
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) Ira (d) toy
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) Saanvi (c) opens (d) small
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) rode (c) new (d) bicycle
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) happy
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) bag (c) big (d) carried
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a funny book every day.” (a) Aditya (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Rohan (d) sings
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) reads (d) Riya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) bought (c) new (d) toy
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) red (d) Omkar
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Kabir (d) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Kavya (c) sang (d) song
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Saanvi (d) happy
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Karan (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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