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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 73 · 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: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) Kabir (c) bag (d) carries
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Karan (c) kite (d) flies
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Farhan (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) juicy (c) mango (d) ate
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) Meera (c) sings (d) song
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) slowly (c) reads
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sings a happy song every day.” (a) Aarav (b) song (c) sings (d) happy
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) bag (d) Rohan
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Vivaan (c) draws (d) picture
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Kunal
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) happily
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) Aarav (c) flew (d) kite
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) Kavya (c) eats (d) mango
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) Diya (d) new
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) slowly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Myra (b) mango (c) ripe (d) eats
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Kavya (c) mango (d) ripe
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) letter (d) Ishaan
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Manav (d) sings
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Saanvi (c) paints (d) wall

Answer key

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

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