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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 465 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) Neel (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Vivaan (c) funny (d) book
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Saanvi
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) writes (d) Diya
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Kabir (c) colourful (d) drew
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Arjun (c) letter (d) writes
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Ananya (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) Arjun (b) reads (c) funny (d) book
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Aisha
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carried (d) Zoya
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) big (c) ball (d) Karan
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Aditya (d) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) red (d) Yash
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) Pooja (d) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Yash (d) draws
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Nisha

Answer key

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

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