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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 744 · 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 song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) kicked (c) ball (d) big
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Zoya (c) heavy (d) carried
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) new
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Rohan (d) reads
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Ananya (d) sings
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Sneha (c) mango (d) ate
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) Rahul (d) short
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) Ishaan (d) flew
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sings a happy song every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) song (c) happy (d) sings
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Myra (d) kicked
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Kunal (d) blue
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Ira (d) juicy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Vivaan (d) painted
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) colourful (d) Ira
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) bought (c) new (d) toy
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) wall (c) tall (d) painted
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Riya (d) song
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a big picture every day.” (a) Aarav (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) drew (c) Kabir (d) picture
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Priya
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings

Answer key

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

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