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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 971 · 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: Kunal ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) happily (c) carries
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Zoya (c) ball (d) kicked
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) quickly (c) new
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Kavya (c) juicy (d) ate
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Ananya (b) rides (c) blue (d) bicycle
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Kabir (d) heavy
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) sang (c) sweet (d) song
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) new (c) Rohan (d) toy
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) reads (c) new
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) heavy (c) carried (d) bag
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) Neel (c) bag (d) carried
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) small (c) opens
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) short (c) writes
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) Rohan (d) ball
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) Zoya (c) song (d) sang
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) flies
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Priya (b) funny (c) book (d) read
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) Kunal (c) flies (d) kite
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) toy (c) bought (d) Kavya
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) Pooja (c) wrote (d) long
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra reads a new book every day.” (a) Myra (b) reads (c) new (d) book
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) Kabir (c) carries (d) heavy
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) Aditya (c) big (d) kicked
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) sweet (c) Rahul (d) song
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) kicked (c) red (d) ball
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opens a small box every day.” (a) Rahul (b) opens (c) box (d) small
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) reads

Answer key

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

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