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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 90 · 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: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) new
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flies a red kite every day.” (a) Rahul (b) flies (c) red (d) kite
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a red kite every day.” (a) Aarav (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Diya (c) big (d) carried
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) short (c) Aisha (d) wrote
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Karan (c) kicks (d) ball
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Ananya (c) kicked (d) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) heavy (b) bag (c) Nisha (d) carries
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Yash (b) tall (c) wall (d) paints
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Diya (d) big
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Dev (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) ate (d) Arjun
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) toy (c) small (d) Vivaan
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Aisha (b) ripe (c) eats (d) mango
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Omkar (c) flew (d) new
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) red
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sings a happy song every day.” (a) Manav (b) happy (c) song (d) sings
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) song (c) sang (d) sweet
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Sneha (c) letter (d) short
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) new
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) flies
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a new book every day.” (a) Nisha (b) new (c) reads (d) book

Answer key

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

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