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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 625 · 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: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) read (c) new (d) book
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Rohan (c) long (d) writes
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Ananya (c) sweet (d) song
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) bag (d) Ira
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Aisha (d) read
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) big (d) Omkar
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Arjun
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flies (d) Pooja
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Diya (c) box (d) big
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Yash (c) long (d) painted
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Riya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) small (c) bought (d) toy
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) draws (c) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) book (d) Kavya
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a new book every day.” (a) Tara (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) big (d) Myra
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) small (c) Zoya (d) toy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a new book yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) book (c) read (d) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Ira (c) small (d) box

Answer key

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

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