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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 720 · 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: Isha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Meera (c) writes (d) letter
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sings (d) Aisha
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Farhan (d) ripe
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) big (d) Aarav
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) new (d) Kabir
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flies a new kite every day.” (a) Myra (b) kite (c) new (d) flies
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav draws a big picture every day.” (a) Manav (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Rohan (c) mango (d) ate
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Kunal (c) long (d) letter
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) box (c) opened (d) small
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Diya
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Aarav (c) sang (d) song
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Ira (d) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a funny book every day.” (a) Nisha (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Kavya (c) rides (d) blue
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) long
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) Ira (d) juicy
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) colourful (c) Omkar (d) picture
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) buys
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) long (c) wall (d) painted
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Kabir (d) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Kunal

Answer key

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

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