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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 940 · 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: Pooja ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) carries (c) heavy
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Kabir
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) new (d) Aditya
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) box (c) opens (d) Priya
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sings (c) happy
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) Arjun (d) paints
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) song (d) Rahul
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) carries
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Kavya
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) ripe (c) eats
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Rahul (d) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) paints
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Manav (c) sings (d) sweet
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) read (d) Arjun
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flies a new kite every day.” (a) Isha (b) flies (c) new (d) kite
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) sang (c) happy (d) song
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Ananya (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rides
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) carried (c) heavy (d) bag
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) new (b) rides (c) bicycle (d) Karan
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) long (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) song (c) sang (d) sweet
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Pooja (c) rode (d) bicycle
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Arjun (d) painted
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) Arjun (d) sang
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Aarav (c) reads (d) book
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) tall
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Saanvi (d) big

Answer key

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

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