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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 892 · 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 toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) new
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a funny book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) Neel (d) funny
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Kunal (c) writes (d) short
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) opens
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) new (c) reads (d) Rahul
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) colourful (c) Aditya (d) drew
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) funny
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) draws
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) colourful (c) picture (d) drew
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Rohan (b) tall (c) wall (d) paints
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Ishaan
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Sneha (d) rides
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) kicks
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Ananya (c) drew (d) picture
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Rahul (c) opens (d) box
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Isha (c) colourful (d) picture
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) writes
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Kunal
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) picture (d) Diya
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) new
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav writes a short letter every day.” (a) Aarav (b) short (c) letter (d) writes
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) eats (d) Myra
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies

Answer key

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

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