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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 956 · 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: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) slowly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) rides (c) new (d) Kavya
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) Neel (c) box (d) opened
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan reads a new book every day.” (a) reads (b) book (c) new (d) Karan
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) happily (c) heavy
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) wall (c) long (d) painted
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha draws a big picture every day.” (a) Sneha (b) big (c) picture (d) draws
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) flies
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) small (c) buys
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Aditya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) ripe (b) Kavya (c) eats (d) mango
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) slowly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) carried (c) bag (d) heavy
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Neel (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sings a sweet song every day.” (a) song (b) Kabir (c) sweet (d) sings
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Farhan (c) drew (d) picture
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) quickly
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ripe (b) Pooja (c) ate (d) mango
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) tall (c) paints
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) draws
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) bicycle (c) rode (d) Ananya
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a funny book every day.” (a) Farhan (b) funny (c) book (d) reads
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Rahul (d) drew
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Dev (c) bag (d) carried
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) bicycle (c) new (d) rode
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) reads (c) new
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) painted (c) wall (d) long
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) Priya (d) big

Answer key

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

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