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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 853 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Aditya (c) letter (d) long
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Vivaan (c) buys (d) new
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) ripe (c) ate (d) mango
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) happily
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) writes (c) letter (d) Manav
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) Kabir (d) kite
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Aisha (c) kite (d) flew
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) Kunal (c) read (d) book
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Arjun (d) carried
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) juicy (c) ate (d) mango
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) small (c) opens (d) Kunal
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) new
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya flies a new kite every day.” (a) Diya (b) new (c) kite (d) flies
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Arjun (d) flies
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Ishaan (d) wrote
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Karan (c) reads (d) funny
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Kavya
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Priya (b) ball (c) kicks (d) big
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) Aditya (c) flies (d) kite
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) colourful
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Priya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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