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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 955 · 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: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) happily
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) buys
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) Kabir (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rides
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Isha
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sang (d) Karan
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) Karan (c) opens (d) box
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Riya (c) kite (d) new
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) opens
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Priya
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) buys (c) small
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) small (c) toy (d) Nisha
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) book (d) Aditya
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) Kavya (c) blue (d) bicycle
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) ball (c) kicked (d) big
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) Vivaan (c) red (d) flies
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) bag (c) carried (d) Aisha
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) kicked (c) ball (d) red
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Sneha
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) flies (c) new
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Meera (d) big
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) red (d) Manav
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) book (c) read (d) funny
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun buys a new toy every day.” (a) Arjun (b) new (c) buys (d) toy
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Ishaan (d) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) kicks
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) happily
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) reads

Answer key

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

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