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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 205 · 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)? “Isha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) Isha (c) flew (d) kite
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Saanvi (c) kicked (d) ball
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja opens a big box every day.” (a) Pooja (b) big (c) box (d) opens
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) blue (c) rides
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Kabir (d) read
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Aarav (b) kicks (c) ball (d) big
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) quickly
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) big
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) draws (c) colourful
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opens a small box every day.” (a) box (b) opens (c) small (d) Arjun
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) quickly (c) reads
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) read (c) Ira (d) book
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) happily (c) reads
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sings (b) sweet (c) happily
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) slowly (c) big
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) big (c) happily
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra read a funny book yesterday.” (a) Myra (b) read (c) funny (d) book
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Aarav
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) letter (c) short (d) wrote
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) big (c) ball (d) kicks
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) ripe
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) long
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Kunal (b) sweet (c) song (d) sings
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) red (c) slowly
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) red (c) ball (d) Meera
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) long (c) paints
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) draws (c) Kabir (d) big
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long

Answer key

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

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