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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 608 · 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: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) Ananya (d) ball
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Aditya (c) bicycle (d) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) Priya (d) long
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Meera (b) carries (c) heavy (d) bag
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) Aditya (d) juicy
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) long (c) painted (d) wall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) blue
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) new (c) read (d) book
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Meera (c) long (d) wall
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Diya (c) letter (d) short
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Kabir (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Ishaan (c) picture (d) big
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar writes a short letter every day.” (a) Omkar (b) letter (c) short (d) writes
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Aisha (d) read
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) small (d) Omkar
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) new (d) Rahul
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Diya (c) ripe (d) mango
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Zoya (d) tall
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a red kite every day.” (a) Rahul (b) red (c) kite (d) flies

Answer key

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

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