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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 831 · 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 bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara paints a long wall every day.” (a) Tara (b) paints (c) wall (d) long
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) wall (c) Neel (d) painted
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Priya
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Neel (c) bicycle (d) rides
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Rohan
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Manav (c) heavy (d) bag
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) opened (c) small (d) box
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a big box every day.” (a) Aditya (b) box (c) opens (d) big
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Tara (c) letter (d) writes
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) Karan (c) flew (d) kite
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Omkar (d) eats
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Karan (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) Vivaan (c) draws (d) picture
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) long (c) letter (d) Neel
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Pooja (b) draws (c) colourful (d) picture
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happily (c) sweet
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) kite (c) new (d) flew
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) drew (c) picture (d) colourful
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) writes (d) Kabir
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Aarav (b) carries (c) heavy (d) bag
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Dev
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Aditya
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) big (c) box (d) Meera
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens

Answer key

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

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