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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 710 · 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)? “Tara flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) new (d) Tara
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) red
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) long (d) Kabir
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) short (c) Pooja (d) letter
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) reads
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) funny
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) slowly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Tara (c) big (d) ball
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Ananya (b) eats (c) ripe (d) mango
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Aarav (d) red
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Neel (c) mango (d) eats
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya buys a new toy every day.” (a) Priya (b) toy (c) new (d) buys
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) short (c) writes
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) Priya (d) mango
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) long (c) wrote (d) letter
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) long (c) wall (d) Rohan
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sweet (c) sings
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) read (d) Yash
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) Neel (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) colourful (d) Neel
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Priya
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats

Answer key

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

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