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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 783 · 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: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) wall (d) Vivaan
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) Kavya (d) rode
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) rides
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) song (c) happy (d) sang
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) mango (c) Aisha (d) eats
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) song (c) sweet (d) sings
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) quickly (c) sings
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Yash (c) sang (d) happy
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) quickly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) big (d) Neel
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) Rohan (c) wall (d) painted
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) writes (d) Meera
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav reads a funny book every day.” (a) Manav (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Kavya
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Isha
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Ananya (c) rides (d) blue
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Neel (d) mango
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Arjun (b) colourful (c) draws (d) picture
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Karan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Farhan (d) drew
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Meera (b) bag (c) carries (d) heavy
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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