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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 453 · 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: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Sneha (d) big
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Kavya (d) rode
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) happy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a new book yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) read (c) new (d) book
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Meera (d) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Riya (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Pooja (c) new (d) kite
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Ira (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Dev
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sang (d) Karan
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) opened (c) small (d) box
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) Neel (d) letter
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) flew (c) kite (d) new
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) Arjun (d) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) opens (d) Yash
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Nisha (d) kicks
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sings (d) Myra
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) Farhan (d) ball
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) Pooja (d) book
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Priya (c) small (d) toy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) happy (c) Kunal (d) song
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet

Answer key

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

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