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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 746 · 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: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Neel (d) carries
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Rahul
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Myra (c) bicycle (d) blue
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) heavy (d) Farhan
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) short
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) colourful
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) small (c) bought (d) Farhan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) Kabir (d) sings
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) bag (c) Aditya (d) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Aarav
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) Kabir (b) reads (c) new (d) book
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) sweet (d) Riya
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) Kavya (d) bag
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) bag (c) Isha (d) carries
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) blue (c) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) eats (d) Kavya
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) Arjun (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Isha (d) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Dev (b) draws (c) colourful (d) picture
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Karan (c) read (d) book
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints

Answer key

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

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