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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 876 · 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: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) funny (c) reads
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Aditya (d) draws
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) flies
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opens a small box every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) box (c) small (d) opens
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) opens
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Ira (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) blue
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) drew (c) big (d) picture
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya writes a long letter every day.” (a) letter (b) long (c) writes (d) Aditya
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) Ananya (c) red (d) kite
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) ball (d) kicked
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) picture (d) Karan
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) sang (c) song (d) sweet
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Ananya (c) juicy (d) ate
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) buys
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) picture (d) Isha
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) Aisha (c) bicycle (d) rides
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Neel (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) Rohan (d) new
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sings (d) Myra
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Zoya (c) big (d) ball
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) heavy
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Saanvi (d) draws
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) red (c) kicks
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) quickly (c) sweet
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Isha
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Saanvi (b) sings (c) song (d) sweet

Answer key

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

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