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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 859 · 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: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Diya (d) heavy
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) buys (c) Ishaan (d) small
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) box (d) Sneha
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) flies (c) kite (d) Aisha
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) short (c) letter (d) wrote
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Farhan (d) colourful
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Aditya (d) ripe
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a tall wall every day.” (a) paints (b) tall (c) Manav (d) wall
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) Ira (c) toy (d) bought
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) tall
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Aarav (c) mango (d) juicy
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Omkar (d) reads
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) letter (c) Rahul (d) long
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Karan (c) flew (d) kite
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Kabir (c) colourful (d) drew
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) slowly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) read (c) book (d) funny
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Saanvi
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Karan (c) big (d) ball
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) happily (c) sings
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Rahul
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) Myra (d) funny

Answer key

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

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