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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 594 · 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: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Ishaan (d) funny
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) juicy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Ananya (d) rides
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Ira
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) small (c) toy (d) bought
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) wrote (c) short (d) letter
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Arjun (c) drew (d) picture
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Ananya (c) tall (d) wall
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) kite (c) new (d) flew
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Aditya (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carries
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Vivaan (d) colourful
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Dev
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Meera (d) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Rohan (d) paints
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) big (c) bag (d) Arjun
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) juicy (c) ate (d) mango
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Aisha
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rode

Answer key

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

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