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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 548 · 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: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) funny (c) read (d) book
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Zoya (d) carried
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) Neel (d) small
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Kavya (d) red
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Priya (c) song (d) sweet
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sings a happy song every day.” (a) Priya (b) happy (c) song (d) sings
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Riya (d) eats
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) funny (d) Diya
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Neel (d) song
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) long (d) Kunal
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Nisha (c) bag (d) carried
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) Arjun (d) box
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Riya (c) bicycle (d) blue
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) painted (c) tall (d) wall
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Aditya (d) flies
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Rohan
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Yash (c) book (d) new
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Ananya (c) kicked (d) big
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) book (d) Vivaan
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) big (d) Sneha
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) big (c) Aisha (d) bag

Answer key

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

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