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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 586 · 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: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Arjun (c) long (d) letter
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Aditya (c) opened (d) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Meera
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) writes (d) Vivaan
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) big (d) Dev
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aisha (c) carried (d) bag
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Arjun (c) short (d) letter
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Saanvi
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) wall (d) Myra
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) new (c) book (d) read
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Aditya (c) writes (d) long
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Kabir (c) box (d) opened
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Omkar (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Rohan (d) bought
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra buys a new toy every day.” (a) Myra (b) buys (c) toy (d) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Farhan (b) eats (c) mango (d) ripe
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carries (d) Yash
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Diya (b) draws (c) colourful (d) picture
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Neel (d) ripe

Answer key

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

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