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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 679 · 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 toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) ate (c) juicy (d) mango
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) writes (c) long (d) Tara
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Aarav (d) drew
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Ira (b) heavy (c) carries (d) bag
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Ira (d) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sings a happy song every day.” (a) Kunal (b) happy (c) sings (d) song
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) draws (c) picture (d) Kunal
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya read a new book yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) new (c) book (d) read
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a funny book every day.” (a) Rahul (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) Nisha (b) kite (c) flies (d) new
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) new
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Myra (d) eats
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Riya (c) new (d) flew
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) Pooja (d) song
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Aarav (d) read
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) drew (c) Aditya (d) picture
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Omkar (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) new
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) kicked (c) big (d) ball
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) song (d) Rahul
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Kabir (d) draws
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) funny (c) reads (d) Aarav

Answer key

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

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