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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 648 · 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: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Kavya
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) opens
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Omkar (d) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Sneha (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) Nisha (d) opens
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) mango (c) ate (d) ripe
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Ira
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) Saanvi (c) long (d) wall
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) new (c) kite (d) flew
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Farhan
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Vivaan (d) funny
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) Nisha (d) eats
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Saanvi (d) small
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Meera (c) drew (d) big
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Vivaan (c) wall (d) paints
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) Rahul (d) song
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Aisha (d) writes
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan buys a small toy every day.” (a) Rohan (b) small (c) toy (d) buys
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) kite (c) flew (d) new
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opens a big box every day.” (a) Omkar (b) box (c) big (d) opens

Answer key

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

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