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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 729 · 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: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) slowly
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Kunal (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Neel (c) writes (d) letter
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) carries
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Priya (b) ball (c) red (d) kicks
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra read a new book yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) read (c) book (d) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) kicks
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) Saanvi (d) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a big bag every day.” (a) Isha (b) carries (c) bag (d) big
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Ira (c) book (d) new
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Priya (d) carries
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Farhan (c) mango (d) ripe
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) opens
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) new (d) Sneha
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) new (c) bought (d) Rahul
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Karan (c) big (d) ball
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Sneha
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) Karan (c) funny (d) book
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) small (c) toy (d) Saanvi
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) Karan (d) letter
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) red
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Aditya (d) rode

Answer key

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

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