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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 166 · 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)? “Kunal read a new book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Kunal (c) new (d) read
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Ishaan (c) letter (d) wrote
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) Ishaan (d) long
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) Diya (c) short (d) letter
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) slowly (b) buys (c) small
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) long
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) happily
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) heavy (c) carries
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) quickly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya opens a big box every day.” (a) big (b) opens (c) box (d) Priya
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) Sneha (d) song
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) mango (b) Omkar (c) ripe (d) eats
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) drew (c) Aditya (d) picture
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) slowly (c) sweet
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) small (c) Zoya (d) opened
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) Yash (c) red (d) kicks
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Dev
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera reads a new book every day.” (a) book (b) reads (c) new (d) Meera
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) kicks
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) Ira (d) long
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) reads
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) happily
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) happy (c) Farhan (d) song
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) bag (c) big (d) carried
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) colourful (c) slowly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) big
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) juicy (d) Meera
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) opened (c) Dev (d) box
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) rode (b) new (c) bicycle (d) Neel
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings

Answer key

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

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