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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 676 · 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)? “Aarav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Aarav
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Manav (c) paints (d) wall
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) carried (d) Rohan
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) big
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) book (d) Rohan
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) quickly
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) new
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Diya (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) Kabir (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) rides
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) toy (c) buys (d) Saanvi
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carries (d) Isha
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) quickly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) bought (c) toy (d) Zoya
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Zoya (c) opened (d) box
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) toy (c) Aditya (d) buys
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Ishaan (d) wrote
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Manav (d) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Vivaan
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) quickly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) new (d) Myra
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Kabir (d) short
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big

Answer key

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

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