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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 949 · 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: Arjun ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) kicks (c) ball (d) Kavya
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) big (d) Manav
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) mango (c) juicy (d) ate
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) red (c) Vivaan (d) flew
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev reads a new book every day.” (a) Dev (b) book (c) new (d) reads
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) blue (d) Diya
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya flies a new kite every day.” (a) Kavya (b) flies (c) kite (d) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ripe (c) ate (d) Saanvi
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) Sneha (d) new
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) kite (c) flies (d) Vivaan
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Meera (d) tall
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Karan (c) letter (d) wrote
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) carries (d) Rohan
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carries a big bag every day.” (a) big (b) carries (c) bag (d) Aditya
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) Nisha (c) bought (d) toy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) letter (c) Karan (d) writes
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) quickly (c) eats
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sweet (c) sang (d) Zoya
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) tall (d) Nisha
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) writes (c) short
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) small (c) bought (d) toy
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Yash (d) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Aarav (c) rides (d) blue
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) flew (c) kite (d) new
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Aarav (d) draws
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) long (c) painted (d) wall
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws

Answer key

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

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