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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 895 · 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: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) happy (c) sings
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) carried (b) Pooja (c) heavy (d) bag
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) long (c) painted (d) wall
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) quickly
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) mango (c) ate (d) juicy
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) new (c) flies (d) Neel
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Ishaan (c) long (d) letter
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) Rahul (c) small (d) box
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) big (d) Riya
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Nisha
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) Aisha (c) box (d) opened
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) quickly (c) blue
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Sneha (c) ate (d) mango
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sings a happy song every day.” (a) sings (b) song (c) happy (d) Pooja
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) Manav (d) ripe
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sang (d) Aarav
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Sneha (c) sings (d) happy
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) writes
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) Neel (c) reads (d) new
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) painted (d) Manav
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opens a big box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) Meera (d) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big

Answer key

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

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