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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 168 · 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) flies (b) red (c) slowly
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Karan (d) wrote
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the kite every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) flies
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) Farhan (c) wall (d) tall
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Omkar (c) ate (d) juicy
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Ishaan (c) painted (d) long
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) new (c) book (d) Ishaan
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) wrote (c) letter (d) Rahul
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) Tara (d) big
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) ball (c) Kabir (d) kicked
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan flies a red kite every day.” (a) kite (b) red (c) flies (d) Rohan
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) painted (d) Priya
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) buys (c) small
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) new (b) Meera (c) rode (d) bicycle
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar draws a big picture every day.” (a) Omkar (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Aisha (d) drew
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) box (c) small (d) opened
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) blue (c) rides
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) quickly (c) ripe
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) kicks (c) Diya (d) ball
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) ate (c) Aarav (d) mango
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) Arjun (d) book
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) drew (c) colourful (d) picture
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Dev (c) picture (d) big
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Aditya (c) kicked (d) ball
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the book every day. (a) slowly (b) funny (c) reads
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) wall (c) painted (d) tall
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Kavya (b) bag (c) carried (d) heavy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) Diya (c) tall (d) paints
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) tall (c) wall (d) painted

Answer key

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

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