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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 68 · 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: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a new kite every day.” (a) Kabir (b) flies (c) kite (d) new
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Priya (c) sang (d) happy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Tara (d) tall
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Priya (c) short (d) letter
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) tall
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) slowly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Riya (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) big (d) Pooja
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) wall (d) Kabir
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) Aarav (d) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Aisha
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Dev (c) opens (d) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) quickly (c) sings
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) new (c) bicycle (d) Tara
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flies (d) Rahul
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) new (d) Farhan
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) tall (d) Kunal
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) Yash (d) letter
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Vivaan (c) song (d) happy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Rohan (c) flies (d) kite
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Riya (c) drew (d) big

Answer key

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

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