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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 973 · 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: Rohan ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) box (c) small (d) Meera
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) happy
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opens a small box every day.” (a) small (b) opens (c) box (d) Tara
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) book (d) Kabir
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) Kunal (d) bicycle
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) eats (c) mango (d) Aisha
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Karan (d) red
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) long (c) wrote (d) letter
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) Farhan (c) reads (d) book
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Ananya (c) picture (d) drew
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) funny (c) book (d) Ira
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) wall (c) painted (d) long
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) opened (d) Manav
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) kicks (c) red
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sings (c) sweet
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) Riya (c) drew (d) picture
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) flies (c) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carried (d) Ishaan
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Saanvi (c) picture (d) drew
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) happily (c) ripe
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) new (c) bicycle (d) rode
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a new book every day.” (a) Nisha (b) new (c) reads (d) book
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) long
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) eats (b) ripe (c) mango (d) Ishaan
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flies a new kite every day.” (a) Rohan (b) kite (c) new (d) flies
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) heavy (d) Ishaan
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) new (d) Dev
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) painted (c) wall (d) tall

Answer key

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

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