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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 536 · 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: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) funny (d) Nisha
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Aarav
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) kite (d) Aarav
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sang (d) Farhan
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) writes (d) Arjun
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Tara (c) rode (d) new
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Manav (c) book (d) read
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Sneha (c) drew (d) picture
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a new book yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) read (c) book (d) new
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) sweet (d) Tara
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Karan (c) wall (d) long
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) red (d) Priya
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carries a big bag every day.” (a) Rahul (b) big (c) bag (d) carries
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Isha (b) juicy (c) mango (d) eats
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Yash (c) funny (d) book
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Meera
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Kunal (d) red
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe

Answer key

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

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