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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 263 · 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.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) opens (c) small
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) new (b) bought (c) toy (d) Aisha
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) happily
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Aisha (b) new (c) rode (d) bicycle
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) sings (c) song (d) Riya
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Isha (d) buys
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha buys a new toy every day.” (a) buys (b) Sneha (c) toy (d) new
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) carried (c) heavy (d) bag
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) quickly (c) writes
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) slowly (c) buys
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) quickly
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) slowly (c) juicy
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) eats (c) ripe
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the wall every day. (a) happily (b) paints (c) tall
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) Isha (b) sweet (c) sang (d) song
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) slowly (c) draws
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun opened a small box yesterday.” (a) box (b) Arjun (c) opened (d) small
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) quickly
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul eats a juicy mango every day.” (a) Rahul (b) mango (c) eats (d) juicy
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) quickly (c) paints
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar paints a tall wall every day.” (a) Omkar (b) paints (c) wall (d) tall
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) red (b) kite (c) Vivaan (d) flew
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the picture every day. (a) slowly (b) big (c) draws
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel kicks a red ball every day.” (a) red (b) ball (c) kicks (d) Neel
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Isha (c) bag (d) carried
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) kicks (c) happily
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) long (c) Myra (d) wall
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) heavy (c) quickly
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) big (c) quickly
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) big (c) drew (d) Meera
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Karan (d) big
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Neel ___ the box every day. (a) happily (b) big (c) opens
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) colourful (c) drew (d) picture
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) carried (c) bag (d) Nisha
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) funny (c) slowly
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) big (d) Arjun

Answer key

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

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