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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 66 · 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: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) Manav (d) bag
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Aarav
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) Zoya (d) ball
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) Meera (d) read
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Diya (d) painted
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Vivaan (d) kicked
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Vivaan
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Kabir (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Dev (d) painted
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Aditya (c) paints (d) tall
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Tara (c) flies (d) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opens a big box every day.” (a) Ira (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Kavya (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Aarav
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) new (d) Kunal
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) blue (d) Ishaan
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) big (d) Diya
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Kunal (d) blue
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) box (d) Rohan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) Diya (d) ball
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) small (d) Meera
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) box (c) opened (d) small
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads

Answer key

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

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