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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 837 · 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: Aditya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Karan (c) new (d) rides
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) funny (d) Yash
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) Rohan (c) funny (d) book
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) sweet
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Priya (c) rides (d) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) picture (d) drew
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a funny book every day.” (a) Kunal (b) book (c) reads (d) funny
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) Yash (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) buys
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan buys a new toy every day.” (a) Karan (b) toy (c) buys (d) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) happy (c) song (d) sang
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) paints (c) Meera (d) wall
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Ananya (c) big (d) picture
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Tara (d) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) opened (c) box (d) big
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flies a red kite every day.” (a) Pooja (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sings (d) Tara
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Yash (d) kicks
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Rahul (c) letter (d) long
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Ishaan (d) wall
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) opened (d) Sneha

Answer key

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

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