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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 755 · 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: Pooja ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Priya (c) new (d) flies
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) small
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Karan (c) bag (d) carries
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) new
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Zoya (d) draws
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) long
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) ball (c) kicked (d) big
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) new (c) flew (d) kite
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Ira (c) colourful (d) picture
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Kabir
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra writes a short letter every day.” (a) Myra (b) short (c) writes (d) letter
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) Priya (d) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Ananya (c) writes (d) letter
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Karan (d) ball
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Ishaan (b) read (c) book (d) funny
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) sang (c) song (d) Kunal
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Farhan (d) mango
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) buys (c) Ananya (d) toy
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Vivaan (c) toy (d) buys
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) Arjun (b) funny (c) reads (d) book
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Aditya

Answer key

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

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