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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 780 · 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: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Aditya (c) happy (d) sang
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) sweet (c) song (d) Sneha
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) new (d) Kabir
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) new (c) read (d) Diya
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Kabir (c) mango (d) ate
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flies (d) Diya
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Aisha (d) ball
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) writes (c) letter (d) Dev
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya reads a new book every day.” (a) Diya (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) happily
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Zoya
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Farhan (d) red
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Ishaan (c) picture (d) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) wrote (d) Dev
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) long (c) wrote (d) letter
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) wrote (d) Isha
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Kunal (d) juicy
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) book (d) Kabir
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Tara
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) ripe
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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