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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 735 · 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: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) song (d) Zoya
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) carried (c) bag (d) heavy
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) Neel (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Tara (b) ball (c) kicks (d) red
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Aarav (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) ripe (d) Isha
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Myra (c) writes (d) short
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) funny (c) book (d) Tara
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Myra (c) flies (d) kite
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Farhan (d) rides
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aisha (c) carried (d) bag
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) small (c) bought (d) toy
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Ira (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) new (d) Kabir
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) mango (c) ripe (d) ate
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) red (c) kite (d) Myra
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Omkar
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Arjun (c) colourful (d) draws
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) big (d) Saanvi

Answer key

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

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