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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 673 · 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: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) opens (d) Nisha
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) rides (c) Tara (d) bicycle
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Rohan (c) ripe (d) eats
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) Ira (d) big
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) red
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Neel (b) eats (c) mango (d) ripe
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Ira (c) mango (d) juicy
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Omkar (c) letter (d) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Kavya (c) drew (d) picture
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Rohan (c) paints (d) tall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Ira (d) big
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sings (d) Ananya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Diya (c) red (d) ball
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Pooja (d) bought
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) picture (c) drew (d) colourful
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Manav
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) small
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) song (d) Nisha
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Karan (c) wrote (d) letter
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Diya (d) sang
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Dev (d) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Yash (d) ate

Answer key

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

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