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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 620 · 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 bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) happy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Aarav (c) ball (d) red
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Ira (c) ripe (d) mango
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) Manav (d) sweet
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Zoya (c) ate (d) mango
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) book (c) new (d) read
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Ira (c) toy (d) bought
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) red (c) kite (d) Isha
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Aditya (b) paints (c) tall (d) wall
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Diya (d) red
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Omkar (d) kicked
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Myra (c) ball (d) big
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya reads a new book every day.” (a) Aditya (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) short (d) Meera
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) ball (c) red (d) kicked
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Aisha (c) bicycle (d) rode
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) slowly (c) blue
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big

Answer key

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

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