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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 507 · 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: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) wall (c) painted (d) long
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Kavya
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Kavya (d) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) happily
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) slowly (c) writes
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Farhan (b) sweet (c) sings (d) song
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) Aditya (d) happy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ball (c) kicked (d) big
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Meera (c) big (d) picture
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Nisha
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Ananya (c) mango (d) ate
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Saanvi (c) drew (d) colourful
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Kavya (d) bought
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) colourful
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Aditya (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kabir (b) long (c) writes (d) letter
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) flew (c) kite (d) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sings (d) Kunal
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings

Answer key

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

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