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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 681 · 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: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Omkar (d) big
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Aarav (c) read (d) funny
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) letter (d) Kunal
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Kabir (d) big
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) happily
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) toy (c) bought (d) new
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) bag (c) big (d) carried
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Myra (d) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) letter (d) Yash
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Dev (c) small (d) box
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) short (d) Meera
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Rohan (c) toy (d) bought
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Rohan (c) draws (d) picture
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a big bag every day.” (a) Diya (b) carries (c) big (d) bag
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) bought (c) toy (d) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Kunal
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flies a red kite every day.” (a) Priya (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Priya (d) tall
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) opens (d) Rahul
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Riya (d) wall
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big

Answer key

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

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