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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 272 · 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: Sneha ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) quickly
  2. 2.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the kite every day. (a) red (b) slowly (c) flies
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the box every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) opens
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) small (c) opens
  5. 5.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha buys a small toy every day.” (a) buys (b) toy (c) small (d) Aisha
  6. 6.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) happily
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) letter (c) writes (d) Isha
  8. 8.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Sneha (d) funny
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) Ananya (c) new (d) rode
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a long wall every day.” (a) long (b) Manav (c) paints (d) wall
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Dev (c) long (d) painted
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kunal rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Kunal (b) rode (c) bicycle (d) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) wrote (b) short (c) letter (d) Aarav
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Aarav
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) colourful (b) draws (c) picture (d) Rohan
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) heavy (c) Nisha (d) carried
  18. 18.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the toy every day. (a) quickly (b) new (c) buys
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi carries a big bag every day.” (a) bag (b) carries (c) big (d) Saanvi
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the ball every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) kicks
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Meera ___ the bag every day. (a) carries (b) quickly (c) big
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan flies a red kite every day.” (a) Vivaan (b) kite (c) red (d) flies
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) bicycle (b) new (c) Aarav (d) rode
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir rides a new bicycle every day.” (a) rides (b) bicycle (c) Kabir (d) new
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) flies (c) kite (d) Aarav
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) happily (c) buys
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) small (c) Kabir (d) buys
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar buys a new toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Omkar (c) buys (d) new
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) painted (c) long (d) Karan
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) happily (c) paints
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) happily (b) new (c) rides
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) quickly (c) eats
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Priya carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) big (c) Priya (d) carried
  35. 35.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash flies a new kite every day.” (a) Yash (b) new (c) kite (d) flies
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan buys a small toy every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) buys (c) toy (d) small
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) bag (b) Arjun (c) heavy (d) carried
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) ball (b) red (c) kicked (d) Riya
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Manav ___ the mango every day. (a) ripe (b) eats (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Rahul (b) wrote (c) long (d) letter

Answer key

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

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