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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 633 · 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 ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Riya (d) read
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Dev (c) wrote (d) letter
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Farhan (d) carries
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) wall (c) long (d) painted
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Kabir (d) mango
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Diya (d) carries
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) mango (d) Rohan
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Neel (d) writes
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Karan
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Aarav (d) sang
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Karan
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Manav (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) draws (d) Ishaan
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) painted (d) Aarav
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Saanvi (c) eats (d) juicy
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Rahul (c) heavy (d) carried
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Zoya (d) long
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) new (d) Zoya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Kabir (d) reads
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Priya (d) song

Answer key

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

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