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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 51 · 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: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) Omkar (d) eats
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Zoya (d) buys
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Diya (d) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) kite (c) red (d) flew
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Aarav (d) mango
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Isha (d) big
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Dev (c) big (d) picture
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) funny (d) Rahul
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) Zoya (d) happy
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Priya (b) colourful (c) draws (d) picture
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) bought (c) toy (d) small
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Omkar (c) small (d) bought
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opens a big box every day.” (a) Neel (b) box (c) opens (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Rahul (d) heavy
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) kite (d) Kabir
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Ananya
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) Arjun (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Tara (c) tall (d) painted
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats

Answer key

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

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