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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 917 · 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: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) happily
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya draws a big picture every day.” (a) Kavya (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) red (c) ball (d) Sneha
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Karan (d) toy
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a long letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Manav (c) long (d) letter
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) carries (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) quickly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) new (d) Dev
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) opens
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) heavy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) drew (c) big (d) picture
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya opens a small box every day.” (a) Kavya (b) box (c) opens (d) small
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Rahul (c) book (d) new
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Manav (c) reads (d) book
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicks (d) Tara
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Kavya (c) red (d) kicks
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Aarav (b) mango (c) eats (d) ripe
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya buys a new toy every day.” (a) new (b) Zoya (c) toy (d) buys
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Ishaan (c) long (d) letter
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Dev
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Arjun (c) big (d) drew
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan writes a long letter every day.” (a) Farhan (b) letter (c) long (d) writes
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) bought (c) Kabir (d) toy
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Sneha (d) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Ananya
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Manav (c) sweet (d) song
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Ishaan (c) flew (d) red

Answer key

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

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