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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 846 · 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: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) Kabir (d) picture
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Kabir (c) red (d) flies
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) Tara (c) box (d) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Dev (c) bag (d) big
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Arjun
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) rides
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) Omkar (d) blue
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) big (c) Rahul (d) opens
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Kabir (c) eats (d) mango
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) Aarav (d) ball
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Myra (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) blue (c) Ira (d) bicycle
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) reads (c) Dev (d) book
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) Farhan (c) bought (d) small
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Priya (c) song (d) sweet
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan paints a long wall every day.” (a) paints (b) wall (c) long (d) Vivaan
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Omkar (b) kicks (c) ball (d) big
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Sneha
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) Kabir (d) red
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) reads (d) Kunal
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides

Answer key

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

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