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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 259 · 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)? “Ananya sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Ananya (b) song (c) sang (d) happy
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) new (c) quickly
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the letter every day. (a) happily (b) writes (c) short
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the picture every day. (a) happily (b) draws (c) big
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) flew (c) Riya (d) kite
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) picture (b) Arjun (c) draws (d) colourful
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir reads a new book every day.” (a) new (b) book (c) Kabir (d) reads
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) toy (b) new (c) Saanvi (d) bought
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) read (d) Kavya
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Kabir (b) bought (c) new (d) toy
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) quickly
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Priya (c) rode (d) new
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) quickly (c) red
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Yash (c) sweet (d) song
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan opened a small box yesterday.” (a) Farhan (b) small (c) box (d) opened
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) Diya (d) bag
  19. 19.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) quickly
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) kicks
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the bag every day. (a) heavy (b) slowly (c) carries
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Zoya (c) red (d) ball
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) opens
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) paints (c) wall (d) Riya
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the mango every day. (a) quickly (b) ripe (c) eats
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) opens (c) slowly
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) picture (c) drew (d) big
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) kicks
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Aarav
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Zoya ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) ripe (c) slowly
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) slowly (c) draws
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) song (c) sweet (d) Riya
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Rohan (b) ate (c) ripe (d) mango
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) writes
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) opened (d) Omkar
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the song every day. (a) sweet (b) slowly (c) sings
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) funny (c) Neel (d) read

Answer key

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

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