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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 472 · 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)? “Tara rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Tara (b) blue (c) rides (d) bicycle
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Dev (d) read
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) book (d) Sneha
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Isha (c) picture (d) big
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Omkar
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) picture (c) drew (d) colourful
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Meera
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Saanvi (d) carried
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Zoya (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Neel (c) carries (d) bag
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Farhan (c) bag (d) carries
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira writes a long letter every day.” (a) Ira (b) letter (c) long (d) writes
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) big (c) opened (d) box
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Manav (b) eats (c) ripe (d) mango
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Rahul (d) eats
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) happily
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carries (d) Omkar
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) book (d) Kabir
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) juicy (c) mango (d) ate
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) Farhan (d) opened
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Sneha (d) box

Answer key

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

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