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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 258 · 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 reads a funny book every day.” (a) Rohan (b) book (c) funny (d) reads
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar carries a big bag every day.” (a) Omkar (b) big (c) carries (d) bag
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Meera (c) funny (d) read
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a long wall every day.” (a) Neel (b) wall (c) paints (d) long
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya buys a small toy every day.” (a) Riya (b) small (c) buys (d) toy
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) happily
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) heavy
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the book every day. (a) quickly (b) reads (c) new
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) writes (c) slowly
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav eats a ripe mango every day.” (a) Manav (b) mango (c) ripe (d) eats
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) happily
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) Kabir (c) picture (d) drew
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) song (c) sang (d) Meera
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the wall every day. (a) slowly (b) paints (c) long
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) tall (c) quickly
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) tall
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) quickly
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) quickly (c) draws
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) slowly
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) rode (c) blue (d) Arjun
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the book every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) reads
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) happily (b) red (c) flies
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun reads a funny book every day.” (a) Arjun (b) reads (c) book (d) funny
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) blue
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav kicks a big ball every day.” (a) big (b) Aarav (c) kicks (d) ball
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) big (b) picture (c) Ishaan (d) drew
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) carries (c) slowly
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the ball every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) kicks
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Arjun
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) happily (c) sings
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash draws a big picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Yash (c) draws (d) big
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Ananya (c) painted (d) tall
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) slowly (b) rides (c) blue
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Myra (b) eats (c) juicy (d) mango
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi buys a small toy every day.” (a) small (b) buys (c) toy (d) Saanvi
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) happily (c) new

Answer key

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

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