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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 891 · 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: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash paints a long wall every day.” (a) Yash (b) long (c) wall (d) paints
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) Rohan (d) box
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Aarav
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) rides
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) ball (c) kicks (d) red
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Neel (d) red
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) long (c) Myra (d) letter
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) wrote (c) letter (d) short
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) red (c) ball (d) kicked
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Nisha (c) rode (d) new
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flies a new kite every day.” (a) Zoya (b) flies (c) new (d) kite
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Aditya (d) colourful
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) big (c) Saanvi (d) box
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) Kunal (d) mango
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) kite (c) flew (d) red
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) eats (c) mango (d) Yash
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) drew (c) picture (d) big
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) big (c) carried (d) bag
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Aisha (c) ball (d) big
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Zoya (c) flies (d) kite
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rode (d) Vivaan
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) flies

Answer key

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

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