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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 236 · 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 buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) toy (c) Kunal (d) buys
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal draws a big picture every day.” (a) big (b) picture (c) draws (d) Kunal
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Zoya (b) wrote (c) letter (d) long
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) quickly (c) buys
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) funny
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) picture (c) colourful (d) Omkar
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan opens a small box every day.” (a) Rohan (b) opens (c) small (d) box
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) kicked (c) ball (d) Dev
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) quickly
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Kabir (d) tall
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) ball (c) kicked (d) Saanvi
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Ira (d) big
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) juicy (c) eats
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) bag (c) Riya (d) heavy
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya rides a blue bicycle every day.” (a) blue (b) Riya (c) rides (d) bicycle
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Pooja
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) bought (b) Arjun (c) new (d) toy
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) quickly
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) happily
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the mango every day. (a) happily (b) eats (c) juicy
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Isha (d) drew
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the bag every day. (a) slowly (b) carries (c) big
  26. 26.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the kite every day. (a) new (b) flies (c) happily
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) quickly (c) small
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) short (c) wrote (d) letter
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) blue (c) happily
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Aarav (d) big
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) quickly (b) rides (c) new
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) song (b) happy (c) Kavya (d) sang
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi flies a new kite every day.” (a) flies (b) kite (c) Saanvi (d) new
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) Ira (c) sang (d) song
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) mango (b) juicy (c) eats (d) Vivaan
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) long
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) happily (c) red
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) quickly
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) slowly (c) new

Answer key

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

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