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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 515 · 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: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) picture (c) big (d) drew
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Kunal (d) short
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Yash (c) read (d) book
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Rahul (c) writes (d) short
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Ananya (c) draws (d) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Dev (b) bag (c) carries (d) heavy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Omkar (c) new (d) reads
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carries a big bag every day.” (a) Aisha (b) big (c) bag (d) carries
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Aditya (c) funny (d) book
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) new (d) Omkar
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Yash (d) heavy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) Diya (d) letter
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira paints a long wall every day.” (a) Ira (b) long (c) wall (d) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) blue
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flew (d) Diya
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Kunal (d) kicked
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Kavya (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Diya
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) happy (c) sings
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) happy (d) Kabir
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Zoya (c) mango (d) eats

Answer key

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

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