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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 98 · 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: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Rohan (c) letter (d) writes
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) Karan (d) song
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) Kavya (d) sweet
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) Omkar (d) blue
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) slowly
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) new
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Farhan (b) draws (c) picture (d) colourful
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) quickly (c) rides
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) heavy (d) Zoya
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) kite (c) new (d) flew
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) short (d) Manav
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) Aditya (d) box
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) sweet (d) Arjun
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) flew (c) red (d) Isha
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Yash (c) sweet (d) song
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) big (c) Tara (d) draws
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) new (c) flies
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) Sneha (d) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) new (c) Farhan (d) buys
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) Aisha (c) kite (d) red
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Ira (c) colourful (d) draws
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carries a big bag every day.” (a) carries (b) big (c) bag (d) Saanvi
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) colourful
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Rohan (c) book (d) funny
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) slowly (c) paints
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) red (c) flies (d) kite
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Omkar (c) letter (d) short
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) wall (c) Rohan (d) painted
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) juicy (b) mango (c) Meera (d) eats

Answer key

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

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