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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 101 · 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.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Omkar (b) book (c) read (d) funny
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) quickly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Yash (d) big
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Diya (d) drew
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Zoya (c) drew (d) picture
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) Rohan (d) kicks
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) draws (d) Dev
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir opened a small box yesterday.” (a) small (b) opened (c) Kabir (d) box
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) reads (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sings (d) Rahul
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) quickly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha opens a small box every day.” (a) Aisha (b) box (c) small (d) opens
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) slowly
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) kicked (c) big (d) ball
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) tall (c) painted (d) wall
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) carried (d) Aditya
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) happily (c) eats
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) Ishaan (d) book
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) blue (c) bicycle (d) rides
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) bag (c) heavy (d) carried
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Priya (d) new
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) small (c) Kunal (d) box
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) Ishaan
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) Ananya (d) wall
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) slowly (b) kicks (c) big
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Dev

Answer key

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

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