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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 448 · 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: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) carries
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flies a new kite every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) flies (c) kite (d) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a funny book every day.” (a) Sneha (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Kavya (d) flew
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Kabir (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) small (d) Arjun
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Nisha (d) long
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Ananya (c) eats (d) mango
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Priya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) Aisha (d) sweet
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Aisha (d) funny
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) happily
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) blue (c) rode (d) bicycle
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Vivaan (c) eats (d) ripe
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a funny book every day.” (a) Kunal (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) Arjun (d) opens
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Rahul (c) new (d) book
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) bag (c) carried (d) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Meera (d) rides

Answer key

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

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