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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 528 · 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: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Aditya (c) ripe (d) mango
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) Isha (d) mango
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) Riya (d) book
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Priya (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) slowly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Saanvi (c) long (d) letter
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) tall
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) toy (c) bought (d) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Dev (c) rides (d) bicycle
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) ball (c) kicked (d) red
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) new (d) Arjun
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Neel (c) red (d) kicked
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Kunal (c) carries (d) bag
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Rahul (c) big (d) box
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Rahul (d) long
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Ira
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Aditya
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Vivaan (d) read
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Yash (b) tall (c) wall (d) paints
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) new (d) Sneha

Answer key

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

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