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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 202 · 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 opens a small box every day.” (a) Kunal (b) small (c) box (d) opens
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) Pooja (d) kicked
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the bag every day. (a) happily (b) heavy (c) carries
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) small (c) opens (d) Tara
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) short (c) writes (d) Riya
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) Myra (d) red
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) writes
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) eats (b) juicy (c) Dev (d) mango
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) Ishaan (c) ball (d) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Priya
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) happy (c) slowly
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) short (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Vivaan
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the book every day. (a) new (b) quickly (c) reads
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) slowly
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) mango (b) Manav (c) ate (d) ripe
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) tall (c) paints (d) Nisha
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) quickly (b) short (c) writes
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar writes a short letter every day.” (a) Omkar (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Kavya (c) paints (d) wall
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) wall (c) painted (d) long
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) big (c) Dev (d) opened
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) letter (c) Kabir (d) long
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly

Answer key

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

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