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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 877 · 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: Aisha ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) painted (d) Karan
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Kunal (c) wrote (d) long
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha draws a big picture every day.” (a) Nisha (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Ishaan (d) kicked
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) new (c) Rahul (d) book
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) new (d) Aisha
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Kavya (c) paints (d) tall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) slowly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) toy (c) bought (d) Priya
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) draws
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) Neel (d) bicycle
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Arjun (d) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Tara (d) draws
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Diya (d) tall
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha reads a funny book every day.” (a) book (b) Sneha (c) reads (d) funny
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) sweet (d) Rahul
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) new (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sings (d) Aarav
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Rahul (c) colourful (d) draws
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) Vivaan (d) mango
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Diya (c) big (d) carried
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) rides (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Vivaan (c) painted (d) tall
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) big (c) Ira (d) box

Answer key

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

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