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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 160 · 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: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flies a red kite every day.” (a) red (b) flies (c) kite (d) Ira
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) new (c) bicycle (d) Kabir
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) Meera (b) bicycle (c) rides (d) blue
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) happily
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Kunal (b) picture (c) colourful (d) draws
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) Aarav (d) big
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Ira (d) heavy
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) long (c) painted (d) Aditya
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) red (c) Arjun (d) kite
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) sweet (c) song (d) sang
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Ishaan (c) big (d) drew
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Farhan (b) ripe (c) mango (d) eats
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) Nisha (c) rides (d) new
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) big (c) happily
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) big (c) ball (d) kicked
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Manav (d) big
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) box (d) opens
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) slowly
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Kavya (c) big (d) draws
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) ate (c) ripe (d) Neel
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a long wall every day.” (a) Priya (b) wall (c) long (d) paints
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Ira (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) funny
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) new
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) slowly (c) big
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Ishaan (c) ripe (d) ate
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Kabir (c) song (d) sang
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) kicks

Answer key

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

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