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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 151 · 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)? “Priya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) Priya (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carries
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) flies
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Pooja (c) drew (d) colourful
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) tall (c) paints
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) sang (d) Tara
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul sings a happy song every day.” (a) happy (b) sings (c) Rahul (d) song
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) small
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Farhan (c) new (d) flew
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) ate (c) mango (d) ripe
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) wrote (d) Diya
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a short letter every day.” (a) short (b) Diya (c) writes (d) letter
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) new
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Aditya (c) rides (d) new
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) tall (c) paints
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicks a big ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Dev (c) big (d) kicks
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Tara (c) opened (d) big
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Arjun (d) new
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Kabir (d) long
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) big (c) Nisha (d) kicked
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) Ananya (c) draws (d) picture
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) juicy (c) eats
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) big (c) opened (d) box
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) carries
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Diya (c) ripe (d) mango
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) Pooja (c) sings (d) happy
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) Ira (d) big
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Myra (c) read (d) funny
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) blue (b) rode (c) Kunal (d) bicycle
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Aarav (c) small (d) box
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Neel (b) ate (c) mango (d) juicy

Answer key

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

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