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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 778 · 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: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) book (d) Isha
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Nisha
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) drew (d) Farhan
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Diya
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Kabir (c) mango (d) ate
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Ananya (d) sings
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Dev (d) writes
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Aarav (c) buys (d) toy
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) small (d) Rohan
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) long (c) wall (d) painted
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) picture (c) Myra (d) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) mango (d) Ishaan
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) Diya (d) sang
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Tara (d) painted
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Manav (d) kicks
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Diya (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rides
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) Dev (c) bag (d) carries
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) read (d) Aditya

Answer key

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

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