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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 776 · 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: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Myra
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Aditya (d) draws
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Sneha (d) new
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Meera (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) blue
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Kavya (c) short (d) writes
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Sneha (b) eats (c) mango (d) juicy
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) heavy
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Ananya (d) carries
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Vivaan (d) big
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Rohan (d) mango
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Karan (c) big (d) bag
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) new (d) Vivaan
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Omkar (b) red (c) ball (d) kicks
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) Farhan
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Omkar (b) eats (c) mango (d) juicy
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) new (c) kite (d) flew
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) happily (c) eats
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Myra
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) painted (c) Dev (d) wall
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Nisha (c) bicycle (d) blue
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Farhan (b) reads (c) book (d) funny
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Riya (d) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Ira (d) carried
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Priya (c) juicy (d) mango
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango

Answer key

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

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