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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 206 · 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)? “Pooja buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) Pooja (d) toy
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) colourful (c) draws
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) happily (c) kicks
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) Aisha (c) toy (d) new
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Vivaan
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) Isha (c) juicy (d) mango
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Zoya (b) writes (c) letter (d) short
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) slowly (c) long
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a new kite every day.” (a) Yash (b) flies (c) kite (d) new
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Tara (c) sang (d) sweet
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a new kite every day.” (a) Aarav (b) flies (c) new (d) kite
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) quickly (c) long
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) slowly (c) big
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) carries
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the bag every day. (a) quickly (b) heavy (c) carries
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) ripe (c) eats
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Meera (b) big (c) bag (d) carried
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) long
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) bicycle (b) blue (c) rides (d) Kabir
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Vivaan (d) red
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) reads (c) book (d) Zoya
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) juicy
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) long (d) Neel
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) carried (c) big (d) Zoya
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Yash (d) reads
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) tall (b) Yash (c) wall (d) painted
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) Isha (c) sings (d) song
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a new book every day.” (a) Neel (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sings (b) Meera (c) sweet (d) song
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) Ishaan (c) book (d) funny
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) rides (c) new
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) eats (c) Ishaan (d) juicy
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) small
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Riya (b) box (c) opened (d) big
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya writes a short letter every day.” (a) Aditya (b) letter (c) short (d) writes

Answer key

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

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