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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 519 · 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: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) book (c) new (d) read
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Priya (c) eats (d) ripe
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Diya (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Riya (d) draws
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rode
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Vivaan (d) small
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) big (c) picture (d) drew
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Manav (c) read (d) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) long (d) Rohan
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) toy (c) small (d) bought
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) picture (d) Aditya
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) Aditya (d) letter
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) ate (c) mango (d) Ishaan
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Manav (d) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Karan (d) painted
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) kicked (d) Ira
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Ishaan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Neel (c) draws (d) picture
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new

Answer key

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

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