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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 215 · 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)? “Rohan carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Rohan
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) slowly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) colourful (c) draws
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) rides
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) flew (c) Rahul (d) kite
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) happily (c) small
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) small (c) quickly
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) draws (b) Vivaan (c) picture (d) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) bought (c) Omkar (d) small
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) big (c) happily
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) opens (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) quickly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) slowly
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) slowly (c) eats
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) draws (c) happily
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Manav (b) flew (c) red (d) kite
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) slowly (c) buys
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) big
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) kite (d) Ira
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) new
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya opens a small box every day.” (a) opens (b) box (c) small (d) Aditya
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) sings (c) happily
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) juicy (c) Isha (d) mango
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya paints a tall wall every day.” (a) tall (b) Priya (c) wall (d) paints
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) Saanvi (c) bag (d) heavy
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Manav (c) box (d) big
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) slowly
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) long (c) happily
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) buys (c) slowly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) eats (c) ripe
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) funny (b) reads (c) quickly
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash paints a long wall every day.” (a) Yash (b) long (c) paints (d) wall
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Nisha (b) kicked (c) big (d) ball
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) Farhan (c) red (d) flew
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicks a red ball every day.” (a) ball (b) kicks (c) Kabir (d) red
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Arjun (b) ball (c) big (d) kicks
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) sang (c) happy (d) Myra

Answer key

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

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