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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 280 · 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)? “Pooja bought a new toy yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) bought (c) new (d) toy
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flies a new kite every day.” (a) new (b) flies (c) Aisha (d) kite
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the toy every day. (a) buys (b) slowly (c) small
  4. 4.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) happily
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the picture every day. (a) big (b) draws (c) happily
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan sings a happy song every day.” (a) Rohan (b) happy (c) sings (d) song
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) kite (b) new (c) Aisha (d) flew
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Rahul ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  9. 9.Pick the action word: Kabir ___ the wall every day. (a) tall (b) slowly (c) paints
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the toy every day. (a) new (b) happily (c) buys
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) big (c) kicked (d) ball
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) wrote (c) short (d) Aisha
  13. 13.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the wall every day. (a) quickly (b) long (c) paints
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Yash ___ the song every day. (a) happy (b) sings (c) slowly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) quickly (c) paints
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the ball every day. (a) kicks (b) happily (c) big
  17. 17.Pick the action word: Sneha ___ the kite every day. (a) slowly (b) flies (c) red
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) colourful (b) picture (c) Tara (d) drew
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya opens a big box every day.” (a) box (b) Ananya (c) big (d) opens
  20. 20.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) small
  21. 21.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rohan bought a small toy yesterday.” (a) small (b) bought (c) Rohan (d) toy
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Diya (c) ball (d) kicked
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) big (b) box (c) Rahul (d) opened
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) slowly (b) juicy (c) eats
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Kunal ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) red
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) Diya (c) wrote (d) letter
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav paints a long wall every day.” (a) Manav (b) wall (c) long (d) paints
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Karan (b) sang (c) song (d) happy
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) slowly (c) red
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir writes a long letter every day.” (a) long (b) Kabir (c) writes (d) letter
  31. 31.Pick the action word: Ishaan ___ the letter every day. (a) short (b) happily (c) writes
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the box every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) opens
  33. 33.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Farhan buys a small toy every day.” (a) Farhan (b) toy (c) small (d) buys
  34. 34.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the bicycle every day. (a) blue (b) rides (c) quickly
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the song every day. (a) quickly (b) sweet (c) sings
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel read a new book yesterday.” (a) new (b) book (c) Neel (d) read
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja paints a tall wall every day.” (a) wall (b) paints (c) Pooja (d) tall
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara ate a juicy mango yesterday.” (a) Tara (b) mango (c) ate (d) juicy
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Tara sings a sweet song every day.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sings (d) Tara
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul writes a short letter every day.” (a) Rahul (b) short (c) writes (d) letter

Answer key

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

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