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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 635 · 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 bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Kabir (c) blue (d) bicycle
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Ishaan (c) drew (d) picture
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) sweet (d) Karan
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Saanvi (c) drew (d) picture
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Nisha (b) new (c) rides (d) bicycle
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Manav (d) ate
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) book (d) Aarav
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) Aarav (d) new
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) Vivaan (c) book (d) read
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Ira (c) read (d) funny
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) sang (c) song (d) sweet
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) letter (c) writes (d) long
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) eats (c) ripe (d) mango
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Vivaan (d) wrote
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Kavya (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Farhan (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) tall
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) wall (d) Manav
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Neel (d) kicked
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Diya (d) box
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Dev (c) painted (d) wall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) happy (c) song (d) sang

Answer key

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

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