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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 791 · 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: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Yash
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) blue
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Riya (c) drew (d) colourful
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya buys a small toy every day.” (a) Riya (b) small (c) buys (d) toy
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) painted (d) Farhan
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Nisha (d) sings
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) box (c) Zoya (d) opened
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) Kabir (d) wall
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) flies
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) big (d) Tara
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Rohan (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Farhan (c) colourful (d) drew
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) song (c) sang (d) sweet
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Sneha (d) drew
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) happily
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Karan
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Farhan (c) letter (d) short
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Vivaan (d) sang
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) sweet (c) Priya (d) song
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) happily
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) kite (d) Myra
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) slowly
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Saanvi (c) new (d) rode
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides

Answer key

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

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