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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 653 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Ananya (c) book (d) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Pooja (b) eats (c) mango (d) juicy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) Farhan (d) ball
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) flies (c) kite (d) Nisha
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi writes a long letter every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) long (c) letter (d) writes
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) big (d) Aisha
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) buys (d) Zoya
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Karan (d) kicked
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) Nisha (b) buys (c) small (d) toy
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opens a small box every day.” (a) Farhan (b) box (c) opens (d) small
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) painted (d) Manav
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) wall (c) painted (d) tall
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Meera (b) kicks (c) big (d) ball
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) Priya (d) kicked
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Yash (c) long (d) wrote
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) big (c) Kabir (d) bag
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Nisha
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) reads (d) Kunal
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) Dev (b) carries (c) bag (d) big

Answer key

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

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