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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 870 · 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: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Nisha (c) flies (d) red
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Farhan (b) wall (c) paints (d) tall
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Arjun (c) tall (d) painted
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Rahul (c) big (d) opened
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Diya
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) Yash (d) reads
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) Arjun (d) book
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Ananya
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) Saanvi (c) sings (d) song
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) slowly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Kabir (c) drew (d) picture
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Dev (c) box (d) opens
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flies a red kite every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) heavy (d) Riya
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) read (c) book (d) funny
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Aisha
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) box (c) opened (d) small
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) Isha (c) bicycle (d) blue
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) new (c) toy (d) bought
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) writes (c) short
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) book (c) funny (d) read
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) slowly (c) rides

Answer key

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

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