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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 268 · 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)? “Riya read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) read (c) Riya (d) book
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Arjun (b) big (c) kicks (d) ball
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) song (b) Aarav (c) sweet (d) sang
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the wall every day. (a) paints (b) happily (c) tall
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) toy (d) Dev
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a tall wall yesterday.” (a) painted (b) wall (c) tall (d) Vivaan
  7. 7.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) kicked (c) Pooja (d) big
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) quickly (c) flies
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) long (b) painted (c) wall (d) Vivaan
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) flies (c) slowly
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) kicks (c) big (d) ball
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) writes (d) Manav
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) paints
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Nisha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) paints (c) happily
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flew a red kite yesterday.” (a) Yash (b) kite (c) red (d) flew
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav read a funny book yesterday.” (a) funny (b) book (c) read (d) Aarav
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) Kabir (b) letter (c) writes (d) long
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) sang (b) Kabir (c) happy (d) song
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) small (c) slowly
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul carries a heavy bag every day.” (a) carries (b) heavy (c) bag (d) Rahul
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a big ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) big (c) ball (d) Ananya
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) happily (c) rides
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicks a red ball every day.” (a) kicks (b) ball (c) Nisha (d) red
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya writes a short letter every day.” (a) letter (b) Kavya (c) writes (d) short
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the toy every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) buys
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a short letter every day.” (a) writes (b) Kabir (c) short (d) letter
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) wrote (c) Rahul (d) letter
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Meera writes a long letter every day.” (a) Meera (b) writes (c) letter (d) long
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) happily (c) writes
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) happily
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) paints (c) long
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Zoya ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) juicy (b) Zoya (c) mango (d) ate
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a sweet song every day.” (a) Yash (b) song (c) sweet (d) sings
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) happily (c) carries
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Aditya ___ the song every day. (a) happily (b) sings (c) sweet

Answer key

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

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