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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 953 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Diya (c) ate (d) juicy
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) quickly (c) carries
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) big (c) picture (d) Myra
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Dev (d) heavy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Vivaan
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) picture (c) colourful (d) drew
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Meera (d) writes
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Ishaan (c) ate (d) mango
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) new (d) Aditya
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) Myra (d) new
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Ira (c) wrote (d) long
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) flies (c) Aisha (d) red
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) red
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Pooja (d) big
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) slowly (c) sings
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flies a new kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Myra (c) new (d) flies
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Diya (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) happily
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) juicy
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) Aarav (d) painted
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Isha (d) big
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) blue (c) Rohan (d) bicycle
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) red (d) Neel
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) carried (c) bag (d) big
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) slowly
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) Zoya (c) toy (d) bought
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) Rohan (c) box (d) opens
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) big
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) flies

Answer key

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

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