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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 737 · 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: Nisha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Kabir (d) ball
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara reads a funny book every day.” (a) Tara (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) funny (d) Kabir
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Meera (b) rides (c) new (d) bicycle
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) carried (c) bag (d) big
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) big (d) Manav
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) quickly (c) new
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) letter (c) wrote (d) short
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a long wall every day.” (a) Manav (b) paints (c) long (d) wall
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Aarav (c) opened (d) box
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Omkar (d) flies
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) Ira (d) new
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) picture (c) drew (d) colourful
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Myra (c) picture (d) draws
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Rohan (d) eats
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Manav (c) big (d) kicks
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Yash (d) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) Priya (c) rode (d) bicycle
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Meera (c) paints (d) wall
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe

Answer key

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

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